Acute pancreatitis secondary to SGLT2i - An increasingly common problem

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2024 Oct 18. doi: 10.17235/reed.2024.10789/2024. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is an uncommon adverse effect of sodium-glucose linked transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is). Their use has notably increased in recent years, hence clinical suspicion is key in patients recently started on these drugs. We report the case of an 83-year-old male patient who was admitted for a first acute pancreatitis episode of unclear etiology that eventually was attributed to dapaglifozin, a SGLT2i in widespread use.