By Dr .Muhammad Mosleh Uddin â€ĸ 01 Aug, 2026

Empagliflozin in SIADH

🔴Empagliflozin āĻ•āĻŋ SIADH induced Hyponatremia āϤ⧇ use āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āχāύāĻļāĻž āφāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻš? āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial (JASN, 2020)-āĻ SIAD (Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis) induced Hyponatremia-āϤ⧇ Empagliflozin-āĻāϰ effect evaluate āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ Study Design: ā§Žā§Ž āϜāύ hospitalized SIAD patients (Serum Naâē <130 mmol/L). āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ Fluid Restriction (<1000 mL/day) āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ• group āϕ⧇ Empagliflozin, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ group āϕ⧇ Placebo āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ Results: Empagliflozin group āĻ Serum Sodium āĻāϰ median increase āĻ›āĻŋāϞ 10 mmol/L. āφāϰ Placebo group āĻ increase āĻ›āĻŋāϞ 7 mmol/L. āφāϰāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϞ⧋, āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ Serum Naâē <125 mmol/L āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ baseline osmolality āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž Empagliflozin āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ benefit āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ Safety Study: Empagliflozin āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ tolerated āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϕ⧋āύ significant Hypoglycemia āĻŦāĻž Hypotension āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āφāϞāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻĻ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ Empagliflizin, Hyponatremia-āĻāϰ standard treatment āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ SIAD-induced dilutional hyponatremia-āϤ⧇, fluid restriction-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ Serum Sodium āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āχ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ clinical trial āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āχāύāĻļāĻž āφāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ Reference: Refardt J, et al. A Randomized Trial of Empagliflozin to Increase Plasma Sodium Levels in Patients with the Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis (SIAD). Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). 2020. Dr. Muhammad Mosleh Uddin MBBS (CMC), FCPS P1 (Cardiology)