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Chronic kidney disease • Nephrology
Do you recommend decreasing the loop diuretic dose when starting an SGLT2 inhibitor in a CKD patient given its natriuretic and osmotic diuretic effects?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The decision to continue or not a loop diuretic when starting an SGLT2 inhibitor should be individualized based on the patient's blood pressure/volume status.In general, if a patient's blood pressure/volume status is high, like in the setting of heart failure, SGLT2 inhibitors, and loop diuretics ar...
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