One patient needed 17 trips to the operating theater to be treated for a genital infection.
Scientists have warned that a diabetes drug could increase the risk of developing a potentially fatal gangrene which causes the genitals to rot away.
If left untreated, it can spread to the thighs, into the abdominal wall and up to the chest. The condition is generally treated with surgery to cut away the dead tissue, and a course of antibiotics to kill the infection. Reconstructive surgery may be needed to rebuild the area operated on. The data came from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, which patients and doctors can use to flag side effects from drugs.
Dr. Susan Bersoff-Matcha, study co-author and an FDA Medical Officer, told Newsweek:"I suspect that our numbers underestimate the true burden of Fournier Gangrene with SGLT2 inhibitors."
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