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

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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