Glucose lowering medications
Best practice update
In this best practice update Dr Audhem talks about:
- When the best time is to start a client on blood glucose lowering medication
- The action of the more common and recent glucose lowering agents
- Which medication or combination to use
- The use of the ADA and NDSS algorithms
- Intensifying treatment: avoiding ‘treating to fail’
- Measuring time in range
- The role of urban planning and social determinants of health in type 2 diabetes
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About the Presenter
Associate Professor Audehm is a general practitioner who has worked for over 30 years in general practice and has instigated and supported many initiatives to systematically improve health outcomes for people with diabetes and heart disease.
A/Prof Audehm has close links to the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, and participates in research and teaching of medical students, GP registrars and General Practitioners.
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