Can we discuss Jardiance and Farxiga?

[SaskiaKC]

I've been around awhile now, diagnosed T2 several years ago. My new doctor wants to put me on Jardiance, or Farxiga. I would really like to hear from any of you who have experience of either, or both. Good experiences and bad. Please?

 

[Pipp]

Hi @SaskiaKC
There are some threads discussing this medication already. Here are a few I am aware of, and hope they are of use to you.

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Post in thread 'Concerning Dapagliflozin and weightloss'

Oct 13, 2026

Thanks @Resurgum
this link seems to confirm that there is a policy for prescribing Dapagliflozin more widely to people with T2

Major changes to type 2 diabetes treatment could save thousands of lives

www.nice.org.uk

Could this be similar to the ‘statins for all’ policy that has been prevalent for a long time, I wonder? Not something I was aware of, and I am going to do some more reading, before I have my annual review. I would like to see what evidence there is to support this, particularly if the policy to prescribe is being rolled out, regardless of...

• Lainie71

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Thread 'Dapagliflozin'

Aug 22, 2026

Just back from my diabetic review and the diabetic nurse, one I haven't seen before, asked me why I was on insulin! She said I didn't appear to have the markers that would lead to prescription in the UK - I was put on it in 2020 in Peru to get my blood sugars down for surgery, and been on it since - and, despite annual reviews in the UK since 2021 which never mentioned this she wants to wean me off insulin! My age (73) is a major factor, according to her, and she feels that gradually reducing my insulin and starting me on Dapagliflozin, which apparently makes you pee out excess sugar, and...

• Davidden
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• Forum: Type 2 with Insulin

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[SaskiaKC]

Thank you.