Twenty-six million Americans have diabetes and 79 million have prediabetes. A new class of drugs called SGLT2 inhibitors works in a totally new way.Instead of affecting the supply or use of insulin, as most current drugs do, the new drugs lower blood sugar by causing sugar to be excreted in urine. The resulting loss of calories helps diabetics, who tend to be overweight, lose weight.A potential advantage of these drugs is that their mechanism of action is independent of insulin, making it … [Read more...]