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Oct. 15, 2019

Our former intern, Amber Satz, PharmD Candidate, LECOM School of Pharmacy, was reviewing some info on GLP-1 Analogs and came across a new entry into the class. Efpeglenatide is a new weekly analog from Sanofi. It appears to be as effective as all other weekly’s out there, and it will …

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Friend’s Advice Causes Patient Problems

Last week I saw a patient who seemed to be losing control of her blood glucose levels. She had been doing well and her A1c had been around 6.0 - 6.3 for the past couple of years. She was doing this while only on metformin 1000 twice a day. She was referred to me by her physician because of high after-meal readings ranging up to 350 mg/dl. I went over her medical history and medications looking for a possible problem and found nothing.

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