What causes burning sensation and pain in the genital when on Invokana?

Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2014

Question: Iam taking invokana 100 mg for diabetes control. Am having burning sensation and mild pain in my genital since I started this medication two days ago. What do think this is ??? Moe

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer: explaining about medicine Detailed Answer: Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query Invokana or canagliflozin is a relatively new medicine that has been introduced for diabetes control. Of course as it is new, some of the side effects are known, while the others are being discovered. In case you have looked up the site of the company that sells Invokana, they have mentioned on the site that the patients may ha I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)

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