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Characteristics of Youth With Type 2 Diabetes Prescribed Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Surrounding FDA Approval at an Academic Pediatric Medical Center.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Doctors at one children's hospital started prescribing a new diabetes drug to more kids after it was approved. This drug helps lower blood sugar and may protect the kidneys. The study looked at who got the drug and when. It shows a link in prescribing habits, but it is not a test of how well the drug works.

Who did this work

Choi EY · Nichols P · Jergel A · Hao S · Hsia DS

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Oct 12
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42866623/