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hello everyone today I'm going to talk
to you about in rock on uh it is a
medication that definitely helps with
the blood sugars it allows your body to
get rid of the blood sugars and we will
discuss how I'm dr. Amit Aragon I am the
founder of sugar and is calm it is an
on-demand diabetes care it is a virtual
diabetes company we do everything that
you can get done in a diabetes
specialist practice that is a physical
practice but we can do everything from
the palm of your hands so if you are
into convenience and you're a busy
professional I think we can be a great
help for you
so with invokana I will go over what it
is and the side effects and the cost and
so forth so the invokana is a medication
that works on your kidneys it actually
basically reduces the blood sugar by
excreting the excess of blood sugars
with diabetes your body tend to keep the
blood sugar paradoxically you know sort
of peeing it out right so that happens
with diabetes but invokana your invokana
will tell your kidneys to get rid of
blood sugars anytime your blood Sugar's
above normal range and that also allows
you to lose weight which is another good
feature
now when you excrete the blood sugar
excessively in your urine it sometimes
causes yeast infections or urinary tract
infections
it could be genital infections and then
urinary tract infections as well so you
have to be on the watch out for that and
the referent there are definitely
treatments that are easy to do if you do
have it you can definitely let us know
if we are the prescribing physician
invokana also has been shown to help
with the progression of kidney disease
so basically if you have chronic kidney
disease and if are invokana your risk of
developing dialysis or maybe a lot lower
after 40
there has been some noise Iran invokana
causing amputations there are some
studies that showed that and some
studies did not so as a result we are
still in the black but FDA has warned
issued a warning about the possible
applications now your legs are not going
to fall off on invokana guys okay don't
panic but if you have underlying
vascular disease such as clogged
arteries in your legs if you have a
diabetic foot ulcer I would not
recommend in Makana or any other agent
in the same clastic this could be a
Jardine's it could be stigmata
it could be farxiga I would not
recommend being on these agents because
they make you a little bit dehydrated
and that reduces your blood volume and
you need that blood volume when you have
a diabetic ulcer so as a result I would
definitely report to your doctor if
you're on invokana and if you have a
diabetic ulcer or if you have severe
neuropathy or if you have vascular
problems that is not that may not be the
best medication for you so so your
doctor has to be very artful in terms of
choosing the right medication for you
just because we cannot just throw these
medications on you hoping that it works
and no side effects happen right
so again invokana it is a great
medication when it works you have to
have certain amount of kidney function
for invokana to work that's for sure you
need to stay hydrated when you are on
your okana that is another important
thing to consider and you know you have
to be able to afford the medication as
well right so it can be expensive it is
generally covered but co-pays may be
higher ETSU Grampy's calm we try to make
sure that we get you the best medication
in that class with the least amount of
copay possible and if you have any
questions concerns about invokana we
will definitely answer we will not rush
you we will have you give you some
information we will text you some
information email you some information
we will make sure that you understand
everything about the medication
and then take some measures to avoid the
complications that can be associated
with any medication or side effects and
we want to get you the best benefit and
the least amount of side effects with
any medication so with that being said I
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