Glipizide vs. Invokana: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Glipizide and Invokana. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 116,048 people who take Glipizide and Invokana, and is updated regularly.
What is Glipizide?
Glipizide has active ingredients of glipizide. It is often used in diabetes. eHealthMe is studying from 64,852 Glipizide users. Check the latest studies of Glipizide.
What is Invokana?
Invokana has active ingredients of canagliflozin. It is often used in diabetes. eHealthMe is studying from 29,937 Invokana users. Check the latest studies of Invokana.
116,048 people who take Glipizide and Invokana are studied.

Drugs being compared in this study:
- Glipizide (glipizide)
- Invokana (canagliflozin)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Glipizide:
- not at all: 2.71 %
- somewhat: 20.14 %
- moderate: 41.7 %
- high: 28.27 %
- very high: 7.18 %
Invokana:
- not at all: 2.29 %
- somewhat: 16.51 %
- moderate: 44.5 %
- high: 26.61 %
- very high: 10.09 %
Want to compare Glipizide with Invokana?
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DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Das S, Anand Ramasamy SD, Mondal S, "An unusual case of glipizide-induced proximal myopathy", Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2016 Jan .
- Das S, Anand Ramasamy SD, Mondal S, "An unusual case of glipizide-induced proximal myopathy", Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2016 Jan .
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Browse all side effects of Glipizide:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zBrowse all side effects of Invokana:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zHow the study uses the data?
The study is based on glipizide and canagliflozin (the active ingredients of Glipizide and Invokana, respectively). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs or brand names) are also considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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