@dr_malak5.6: 🚨💊 PHARMACY POP QUIZ | BRAND vs. GENERIC! PHARMACY STUDENTS! 🎓 🤔 What is the BRAND NAME of DAPAGLIFLOZIN? ⏳ You have 5 seconds! Choose A, B, C, or D! ✅ CORRECT ANSWER: B. FARXIGA! 💙 💊 GENERIC: Dapagliflozin 🏷️ BRAND: Farxiga 🔵 DRUG CLASS: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor 🎯 FDA-APPROVED USES: ✅ Improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes ✅ Reduce heart failure hospitalization in appropriate adults with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors ✅ Reduce cardiovascular death, heart failure hospitalization, and urgent heart failure visits in adults with heart failure ✅ Reduce CKD progression and related cardiovascular or kidney complications in eligible patients 🧠 MECHANISM OF ACTION: Dapagliflozin blocks SGLT2 in the proximal renal tubule. ⬇️ Glucose reabsorption ⬆️ Urinary glucose excretion ⬇️ Blood glucose It also provides heart and kidney benefits that extend beyond glucose lowering. 💊 HIGH-YIELD NAPLEX DOSING: 🔹 Type 2 diabetes: Usually start at 5 mg once daily; may increase to 10 mg daily. 🔹 Heart failure or CKD indications: Commonly 10 mg once daily. 🔹 Kidney function must be checked before treatment. eGFR thresholds vary by indication. ⚠️ IMPORTANT ADVERSE EFFECTS: 🔸 Genital fungal infections 🔸 Increased urination 🔸 Volume depletion and hypotension 🔸 Urinary tract infections 🚨 Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) 🚨 Rare Fournier gangrene ⭐ HIGH-YIELD NAPLEX PEARLS: 💡 DAPAGLIFLOZIN = FARXIGA! 💡 EMPAGLIFLOZIN = JARDIANCE! 💡 CANAGLIFLOZIN = INVOKANA! 💡 ERTUGLIFLOZIN = STEGLATRO! 💡 SGLT2 inhibitors promote glucose excretion through the urine. 💡 Dapagliflozin is NOT used to improve glycemic control in type 1 diabetes. 💡 Its glucose-lowering effect decreases as kidney function declines, although kidney and heart benefits may still support its use in eligible patients. 💡 Dapagliflozin should generally be withheld for at least 3 days before major surgery or procedures involving prolonged fasting. 🚨 EUGLYCEMIC DKA WARNING: Patients can develop ketoacidosis even without severely elevated blood glucose. Watch for: 🔸 Nausea or vomiting 🔸 Abdominal pain 🔸 Rapid breathing 🔸 Unusual fatigue Seek urgent evaluation if these symptoms occur. 🩺 PATIENT COUNSELING: ✅ Take once daily as prescribed. ✅ Maintain adequate hydration. ✅ Practice good genital hygiene. ✅ Report symptoms of genital infections. ✅ Follow sick-day and perioperative medication instructions. ✅ Monitor kidney function and blood pressure as recommended. 🧠 MEMORY TIP: 💙 DAPAGLIFLOZIN = FARXIGA 💚 EMPAGLIFLOZIN = JARDIANCE 💬 PHARMACY STUDENTS: Which SGLT2 inhibitor is marketed as JARDIANCE? 👇 Comment your answer! 📌 SAVE this quiz for your NAPLEX brand/generic review! 💙 Follow @dr_malak5.6 for daily NAPLEX quizzes, brand and generic names, diabetes medications, kidney protection, and high-yield pharmacy pearls! #NAPLEX #NAPLEXPrep #Dapagliflozin #Farxiga #Jardiance

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