Are You For or Against a Drug Called Forxiga?

Type two diabetes is, in general the less severe of the more common types of diabetes. It’s a lot more widespread with something like 85%of the diabetic population suffering from type two. This level of disparity between the two conditions has become much more profound as the obesity epidemic has pulled itself into full swing. Type two has been strongly linked with obesity and it’s said that around ¾ type two diabetics are also obese or overweight. Sufferers generally contract the condition when they’ve gained a large amount of additional weight and failed to take it off again, this leads to heightened levels of insulin resistance which can very quickly become type two diabetes.

Generally, type two diabetics don’t have to take insulin. Only when their condition has been out of control for a long time or they’re having considerable difficulty keeping their blood sugar levels under control will they ever be prescribed it. Generally type two can be managed through the use of diet and exercise and thought it can take some getting used to at first, it’s very possible to live a long and normal life as a type two diabetic and never feel the nastier symptoms of the condition.

In those who’re taking insulin while suffering from type two diabetes, the chances are that you’ve already felt some of the symptoms of the condition. This is likely to be why you were prescribed insulin in the first place.

A new drug has been developed for use with other type two diabetic medications (such as insulin), this drug is called Forxiga and I suppose to help improve blood-sugar regulation and improve the patient’s chance at weight loss. It’s come top of the class in many trials and is now being put into use all over the world. One area which hasn’t embraced Forxiga with such open arms is the UK and its national institute for health and clinical excellence (NICE). NICE has said it needs more information before it agrees to start prescribing the drug. This is being provided and we may see Forxiga in use within the next year or so in the UK!