Do Some Diabetes Drugs Raise Heart Risk?

Many people with type 2 diabetes take medications after metformin to control blood sugar, but not all of those drugs behave the same in the body. A large real-world study published in JAMA Network Open looked at whether three common diabetes medicines affect the risk of serious heart problems like heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or heart-related death. The bottom line: This study doesn’t prove cause and effect for every individual, but it adds strong real-world evidence that the choice of diabetes medicine can influence heart health.