#387: Diabetes Updates with Dr. Marie McDonnell: New Tools for the New Rules

Mar 27, 2023, 07:00 AM

Drop the pounds and the sugar with new guidelines

New rules to manage diabetes means using new tools. Leverage GLP-1 RA and SGLT2-i to drop with pounds and the sugars with the expert insight from our guest, Dr. Marie McDonnell.

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Show Segments

  • Puns and Intro.
  • Disclaimer and Guest bio
  • Case from Kashlak
  • Labs to distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes
  • Selecting initial therapy: Focus on weight loss and glucose control
  • HbA1c goals 
  • Yeast infections and SGLT2-i
  • Using sulfonylureas and extended release metformin
  • Pancreatitis and GLP-1 RA
  • Cancer and GLP-1 RA
  • Semaglutide tips
  • Tirzepatide, how it works and benefits
  • Take home points
  • Outro

Credits

  • Producer: Matthew Watto, MD and Isabel Valdez, PA
  • Writer: Matthew Watto, MD
  • Show Notes, Cover Art and Infographics: Isabel Valdez, PA
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP   
  • Reviewer: Fatima Syed, MD
  • Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Technical Production: PodPaste
  • Guest:  Marie E. McDonnell, MD


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