In order to ensure that patients who really need their opioids get them, the state of Florida now mandates that every pharmacist must have a CE on Controlled Medication Dispensing. Seven years ago, Florida dispensed 10 times the amount of opioids as the rest of the country added together. However, …

A patient, 48 years of age, female, type 2 diabetes and obese, was referred to me for diabetes and weight management. Her first visit was 8 a.m., after fasting for 10 hours. Her A1c was 7.4%, BMI 37, BP 164/92, HR 92. The previous hcp had recorded she was recommended a low carb diet and the following medications: Metformin, 1,000mg twice daily; Byetta 10mcg sq twice daily. It was also written that she was non-compliant.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Blandine Lacroix talks about applying motivational interviewing in the patient/provider conversation around diabetes.

In this week's Homerun Slides, recognizing the role of Glycocalyx in microvascular and macrovascular dysfunction.

The liver regulates nutrient supply to the entire body. Antoine Lavoisier first scientifically disputed the concept of vitalism by proving that the combustion of material in the blood formed the basis of life and mechanical work by muscle. He suggested that these nutrients were not only absorbed by digestion but that liver played an important anabolic role in maintaining life.