Suglat for my diabetes

Is the new drug ipragliflozin (suglat) effective for type 2 diabetes?

Suglat is a very new drug approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is taken once a day and acts by blocking absorption of sugar from the kidneys, which leads to more excretion of blood sugars. The clinical trials showed that it did many wonderful things. Not only did it lower blood sugars but it also reduced body weight. The drug can be used safely even in the presence of mild renal dysfunction. However, I should mention that many of the investigators who conducted the trials on this drug worked for the drug company- and so there is always a conflict of interest. Data can be fudged and adverse reactions may not be reported. 

Do you think any doctor who is paid many thousands of dollars by the pharmaceutical company is ever going to say anything bad about the company's product? Plus, you can bet your life the drug is prohibitively expensive. I highly recommend not taking this drug. 

If you have type 2 diabetes, the first drug of choice should always be metformin or Glucophage. There is no better drug than Glucophage; not only is it cheap, it has minimal adverse reactions and induces weight loss. It has been around for over 70 years and works. If your doctor does not prescribe you metformin, then he or she does not give a crap about your welfare. Only seek treatment from a doctor who is willing to give you metformin. Many new diabetic drugs have been discovered in the past decade and all of them are only mildly effective for diabetes but they all are very expensive.