My nephrologist wants me to take Jardiance for CKD?

You may make too much money, but you might check https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/about-us/sustainable-development/our-commitment/boehringer-cares-patient-assistance-portal
"Jardiance is not recommended for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients with polycystic kidney disease or patients requiring or with a recent history of intravenous immunosuppressive therapy or greater than 45 mg of prednisone or equivalent for kidney disease." But it is FDA approved for chronic kidney disease otherwise. I haven't taken the medication and hope you get better responses than mine.

@gently thank you. I've been researching it and it appears it is approved for CKD in my situation. Now I'm trying to work my way through my Medicare part d coverage and see if it's going to cost an arm and a leg or if I can get away for a few fingers.

Sometimes the income limits for assistance are high. Then you just wouldn't use the medicare. i sometimes travel for medications because we do pay the highest prices of anywhere in the world. But at least we can get them, if we don't need our arms or legs.
https://patient.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/products/jardiance/type-2-diabetes/pricing#:~:text=I%20Have%20No%20Insurance%20(or,supply%20of%20JARDIANCE%20is%20%24629.43.

My Mayo nephrologist/hematologist recommended the related medication, Farxiga, which is not part of my insurance' formulary. My local nephrologist said Jardiance is used for the same purpose. I have CKD as a part of having idiopathic immunotactoid glomerulopathy. However, my e-GFR puts me at stage 2 CKD. On the other hand, I have serious proteinuria, a hallmark of ITG. (My nephrologist writes I am at Stage 2/3 in appt. summaries.) I gather that Jardiance/Farxiga lessen proteinuria. There are about 10 of us in the world with idiopathic ITG so the efficacy of Jardiance is unknown for us.

I didn't want to start a new medication whose side effects include possible fatal skin rashes and increased urination just when my son and his family were going to be visiting. The youngest had never been to visit us and the older was 9 months old back then--we go visit them instead. My local nephrologist concurred but I suspect the topic will be part of my next appt.

I did check out the price--even with what has been good drug coverage, Jardiance was pricey. My husband has one medication that puts him over the out of pocket limit ($2000, right?) in January so he didn't flinch when I told him--until I mentioned those two side effects. I already know where the rest rooms are at almost every location we visit--stores, museums, zoos, etc. because it's a "feature" of life after gall bladder removal (done in 1977).

I shouldn't be so easily influenced by TV commercials but the singing and dancing happy diabetics in the ads was very off-putting for me. (I'm not diabetic.)

I'd also like to hear the experiences of those who take Jardiance.