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Feb. 04, 2020;: DCMS #487 DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case StudiesSGLT-2 Inhibitors: Teach from the Start and Manage Expectations
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Letter from the Editor
Feb. 4, 2020
I keep hearing all these ads on the radio for teledoc visits. You can call them from home, you can go to your local pharmacy or grocery and be seen by a physician or nurse practitioner. No need to sit in a waiting room with a bunch of sick people while they sneeze and hack all over you, just FaceTime and the doctor is in. I can certainly understand this for simple things like colds and aches and pains, but is a televisit the best way to diagnose and prescribe? Time alone will tell on that question, but one thing is for sure: if you have a chronic disease like diabetes it can definitely improve care. This week our current intern, George McConnell from LECOM School of Pharmacy, has a new study on the value of televisits that lead to better care and less expense.
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Dave Joffe
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| SGLT-2 Inhibitors: Teach from the Start and Manage Expectations
A female patient, 42 years of age, with type 2 diabetes, is overweight with a history of vaginal yeast infections with elevated glucose levels. Wanting to better manage her diabetes and lose some weight, the commercials about SGLT-2 inhibitors caught her attention. |
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