Farxiga User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Farxiga has an average rating of 4.7 out of 10 from a total of 146 reviews on Drugs.com. 28% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 49% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Farxiga

redhand
Taken for less than 1 month
November 19, 2015

For Diabetes, Type 2 "This medication worked immediately lowering my Blood Glucose. I was only on it for about 1 week (free samples from Physician). Then the Pharmacy called and said my Excellent insurance doesn't cover it. Out of pocket cost $430/ 30 day supply - No Can Do ! Switched to Invocana instead. Farxiga apparently works with no side effects (I'm a guy), but no insurance coverage for drug."

9 / 10

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Catwa...
Taken for less than 1 month
April 22, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I was perfectly happy on Invokana, then my insurance stopped covering it and my Dr put me on Farxiga to try. oh my gosh, thought I would die, it did not work on me at all. It gave me a yeast infection the first day, sugar stayed high for hours after meals, could barely pee, it made my heart race, and i felt horrible, horrible, horrible. So now I have to try Jardiance, I cant imagine it being worse than Farxiga, I sure hope I am able to pee with this medication."

1 / 10

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Lilpr...
March 25, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Been on this drug about a year and a half now and almost instantly begin suffering near constant yeast infections. But on the positive side my blood sugars and a1c are spot on and ive lost 3 stone in that small lenght of time and i have more energy and sleep better although bed wetting has sometimes been a problem."

7 / 10

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Frequently asked questions

Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 2 years
March 28, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Farxiga is effective. It has helped my numbers and lost approx. 10 lbs over a year. The only problem is the excessive thirst and frequent urination. I work and travel a lot so this really impacts my quality of life. I would recommend this medication for someone who stays home most of the time not for someone on the go. I will ask my dr to change my med at my next appt."

7 / 10

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Farout
Taken for less than 1 month
November 21, 2017

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Started this medication 10 days ago. I have been taking two standardized cranberry pills a day since I started Farxiga. "Knock on Wood" I don't have a yeast infection. I do have some itching on my hip area and upper back area since taking this medication. Not sure what that is about. I am thirsty often, but I have been trying to drink a lot of water. Hoping his medication works well for me. I just came off Bydureon and it helped me to lose 25 lbs. Hoping for a miracle weight loss from this medication. :)"

6 / 10

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Kzie
January 21, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I started taking farxiga after not being able to control type 2 diabetes . I was taking Janumet . Since I been on farxiga for 3 months it had given me yeast infections, sore throat, runny nose and frequent urination . I am going to speaks to my Dr to see if I can try somethings else the side effects are so scary and bothersome ."

4 / 10

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Chloe...
Taken for less than 1 month
May 14, 2023

For Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction "Have been prescribed Farxiga for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. I am already on Lasix, my cardiologist doubled the Lasix and added Farxiga. I don’t have type 2 diabetes, my glucose is normal so I am hoping the negative side effects won’t be so bad."

5 / 10

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Happy...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 17, 2022

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been on Farxiga 4 months I haven't had any side effects I'm also on 2000mg metformin daily. I go this month to my doctor to see how I'm doing. I have lost weight and hope all goes as good as it is now!"

10 / 10

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Vijay
Taken for 1 to 6 months
March 10, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I was first prescribed 1 tablet daily morning for two weeks ,my FBS 181, PP2BS 290 +1, it came down to 155 & 152, dose of Forxiga was extended to one month. Today I am detected FBS 160,+2 urine glucose,PP2BS 170,+2 urine glucose. I am quite worried. VIJAY Tripathy Vadodara Gujrat, India"

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maroatl
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
September 20, 2021

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I was previously on farxiga 10mg for 1 year. I had extreme thirstiness, urgency when urinating, and finally genital swelling. I discontinued due to this 3 weeks ago and the swelling persist. It worked at first to keep my AIC in check but soon I started having an increase in appetite picking up 5lbs. My fasting started to increase because I was doing late nite snacking. I was on Metformin XR 2000 before they did the recall, which worked well for me. I am now back on Metformin 1500 and have not had any of the side effects except insomnia if I take it after 7pm"

1 / 10

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blueh...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
September 23, 2021

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I started out taking Trulicity once a week with Trajenta once a day. Loved my low A1c which came down to 5.8 without much work on my part. However, I developed gastroparesis. Although Trulicity is awesome with once a week injection (not insulin), the symptoms with gastroparesis were just too much. Anyway my endo put me on Xigduo (Farxiga 5 mg / 1000 mg metformin combo) in July 2020. My A1c started creeping up to 6.8. I wasn't happy with that so she added another 5 mg of Farxiga to be taken with Xigduo. I have been doing great. A1c is down to 6.0 and I've lost 20 pounds since January 2021 without really any work on my part. Believe me I am not the perfect diabetic either. I have always drank tons of water so peeing all the time has always been part of my life. Plus I have no more gastroparesis symptoms."

10 / 10

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schlom
Taken for less than 1 month
October 13, 2014

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Medication caused ketoacidodis and hospitalization for 9 days."

1 / 10

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Jack
Taken for 1 to 2 years
October 28, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 2 "This drug has made my hair fall out and makes me confused and tired. I feel like it is poisoning me"

1 / 10

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MrH
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 21, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I have noticed that ever since I started taking for Farxiga my hairline is receding and my hair doesn’t grow as fast."

8 / 10

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FYI
Taken for less than 1 month
May 12, 2022

For Heart Failure "The only good thing I can say, is there side effects info is correct. I believe I got every single one of them."

1 / 10

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Kev
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 15, 2020

For Heart Failure "Best medicine for heart failure. It make you pee regularly without taking lasix."

10 / 10

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dianne...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
April 8, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Hair fall out, dry hair, thinning. Yeast infection, blood in urine not a good medication. Bloating not good"

1 / 10

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Jack
Taken for 1 to 2 years
October 27, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I take this drug as prescribed and my blood sugar shoots up to 223. It makes my hair fall out, makes me sleepy and confused"

1 / 10

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Beyond...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
December 17, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been taking this for over 2 1/2 months. No side effects to report this works well with me. The up side to this is I'm losing weight."

10 / 10

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Rue
January 3, 2015

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Took for 3 months. Did not affect my blood glucose levels at all. But severely increased my bathroom visits and caused me to sweat uncontrollably."

1 / 10

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Bethy
Taken for 1 to 6 months
July 13, 2021

For Heart Failure "I’ve been taking it for about 6 weeks now and developed an UTI. It is taking days for it to clear up."

5 / 10

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DMG
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 3, 2024

For Chronic Kidney Disease "I was hesitant to start taking for kidney function and pre-diabetes. So far, so good. I've experienced none of the 'bad' side effects. I will know in a month or so if my CKD has stopped progressing."

8 / 10

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Cuco
March 31, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I started taking farxiga 5 mg daily for my diabetes and experienced blood with clots in my urine. My Dr discontinued it and all those bad symptoms disappears"

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Osh
Taken for 2 to 5 years
March 18, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 2 "Terrible medication. Ran my blood sugar up and caused really bad yeast infection. Doctor took me of of it. Took for two years first year being ok second song all kinds of problems."

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Kate
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 16, 2021

For Diabetes, Type 2 "A great drug, if you want relentless yeast infections."

1 / 10

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