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Prescribing SGLT-2

How comfortable are you with prescribing a SGLT-2 inhibitor? Follow the link to see how you and your colleagues compare.

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Symptom Tracking

A 72-year-old patient arrives in your office complaining of shakiness and sweating before he went to bed the previous night. He doesn’t recall checking his blood glucose level at the time, however he felt better after a glass of milk and a few graham crackers. His current medications are metformin, pioglitazone, and glyburide. Which one of the following medications is the most likely cause of his symptoms?

A. Metformin
B. Pioglitazone
C. Glyburide

Follow the link for the answer.

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Aug 9, 2018

Over the past couple of years we have seen the use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors increase and we now have 3 different molecules to choose from. There have been studies that show the cardiovascular benefits of the class as well as the benefit of combining them with GLP-1 analogs. This year …

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