Efficacy and safety of empagliflozin, a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 ( SGLT2 ) inhibitor, as add‐on to metformin in type 2 diabetes with mild hyperglycaemia

Once daily empagliflozin as add-on therapy to metformin was well tolerated except for increased genital infections and resulted in reductions in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on metformin monotherapy.