Episode 261: 260. SGLT2 Summary Recap

Diabetic patient- Empagliflozin prevents death from cardiovascular causes: NNT 46 per 3.1 yrs ($600 a month, 1 million dollars per life saved)-HFpEF- SGLT2 inhibitors do not prevent death and cost roughly $364,000 to prevent one hospitalization-HFrEF -Using Cox models, only Dapagliflozin has mortality benefit (NNT 53) and comes at a cost of $229,914 prevent one cardiovascular death. (117,126$$$ dap for hospitalization)