heart and blood vessel disorders
Drug Treatment for Heart Failure
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2s)
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are used in the treatment of diabetes. In addition to lowering the blood sugar (glucose) level in the blood, they also have beneficial effects on the heart muscle and blood vessels. One drug in this class,dapagliflozin, was shown to decrease heart failure symptoms and improve quality of life in people with systolic heart failure. Another drug in this class,empagliflozin, was shown to reduce hospitalizations for diastolic heart failure. 