Farxiga Weight Loss

PerSpinasAdAstra

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Feb 28, 2024

Marika said:
Thank you for sharing your experience with dapaglifloxin. I appreciate the amount of detail you included. While you're taking it for diabetes, I was prescribed it for a boost in weight loss. I'd like to find out how it works for both conditions. Have you had side effects taking it?

I've had no side effects other than that I appear to be losing weight faster than I should be. That's a hard thing to pin down for me as I'm intentionally losing weight on a low(ish) calorie diet, but my perception is that there is a weight loss effect for me.

The most common side effect is urinary tract infections. The medication causes a person to pee glucose, which can feed fungi and bacteria. From what I've read this side effect is more common in women than in men. There are other, rarer side effects to be aware of so do read the patient information leaflet carefully.

Per Spinas Ad Astra - Through Thorns to the Stars

Diagnosed T2, Oct 2023 - HbA1c: 89 mmol/mol (repeat @ 92 mmol/L)
Weight: 100.6 Kg, BMI: 34.6. Triglyceride 9.11 mmol/L.
Made diet changes, increased exercise gradually, set out to lose weight via calorie counting.
Did not adopt a very low carb diet - averaged around 150g per day.
Started Metformin,1500mg per day as of Nov 15th.
Switched to Xigduo (10mg Dapagliflozin & 2000mg Metformin per day) as of Dec 21st.
Jan 24th 2024 - HbA1c: 39 mmol/mol. Weight: 88.5 Kg, BMI: 30.4. Triglyceride 1.55 mmol/L
Feb/March - Reduced carbs quite a bit while analysing BG response using a CGM/screenshots.
June 26th 2024 - HbA1c: 32 mmol/mol. Weight: 70.2 Kg, BMI: 24.3. Triglyceride 1.2 mmol/L.
Sept 6th 2024 - Meds reduced - 10mg Dapagliflozin (Forxiga) & 1000mg Metformin per day
Sept 18th 2024 - Hba1c: 34 mmol/mol. Weight 67.8 Kg, BMI 23.5. Triglyceride 1.07 mmol/L.
Oct to Dec - Went off the rails eating and drinking far too much, gained weight rapidly.
Dec 19th 2024 - HbA1c 36 mmol/mol. Weight 72.4 Kg, BMI 24.9. Triglyceride 1.7 mmol/L.
Jan 7th 2025 - Meds reduced - 10mg Dapagliflozin (Forxiga) & 500mg Metformin per day.

Back to losing weight to get triglycerides down and trying to build muscle mass.
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Farxiga Weight Loss

PerSpinasAdAstra

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