Citation

Taşdemir A, Belice T, Yüksel A. J. Family Med. Prim. Care 2020; 9(8): 4454-4455.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_852_20

PMID

33110884 PMCID

Abstract

With this case report, we want to assess the synergistic effect of both a diuretic and an SGLT-2 inhibitor on the fall event of a patient who is 65 years old and has a history of repeated falls before. After we modified the medications appropriately, she has never experienced a fall event again. So as we know, older adults do not take fall events as a pathological condition instead of a normal physiological aging process. So primary-care physicians should question the fall history of an older patient before starting a drug such as SGLT-2 inhibitors, which is known as an agent that has side effects including falls, dehydration, etc.

Language: en

Keywords

Aged; dehydration; diabetes mellitus; sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors