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A Pharmacist’s Take: Navigating the Diabetes Drug Shortage – Part 1

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Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Whitley. Dr. Whitley is a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a certified diabetes educator.

Earlier this year, Dr. Whitley spoke with us about screening for diabetes in high-risk individuals. Today, she is back to talk about some new things going on in the diabetes and pharmacy world. This is part 1 of a two part series. In Part 1, Dr. Whitley will be discussing shortages in GLP-1 agonist drugs for diabetes and what pharmacists can do to address those shortages.
Dr. Whitley recently published a paper in Clinical Diabetes about this topic:
Special Report: Potential Strategies for Addressing GLP-1 and Dual GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist Shortages

(00:09) Introduction to Dr. Whitley
(01:08) Publication on strategies for GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP shortages
(02:36) GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP agonists, names, and dosing
(04:15) Why are there shortages?
(08:52) Alternatives
(10:11) What happens if a patient misses a dose?
(12:19) Re-initiation of medications
(14:51) GLP-1 agonist equivalency
(15:31) Substituting SGLT2s
(17:16) Self-sourcing or online sourcing problems
(21:51) Managing patient expectations and concerns
Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more podcasts or download our app! You can subscribe through your podcast platform, our website, or follow us on social media for podcast updates and medical news. Some of our podcasts offer FREE CME/CE credits.
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Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Whitley. Dr. Whitley is a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a certified diabetes educator.

Earlier this year, Dr. Whitley spoke with us about screening for diabetes in high-risk individuals. Today, she is back to talk about some new things going on in the diabetes and pharmacy world. This is part 1 of a two part series. In Part 1, Dr. Whitley will be discussing shortages in GLP-1 agonist drugs for diabetes and what pharmacists can do to address those shortages.
Dr. Whitley recently published a paper in Clinical Diabetes about this topic:
Special Report: Potential Strategies for Addressing GLP-1 and Dual GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist Shortages

(00:09) Introduction to Dr. Whitley
(01:08) Publication on strategies for GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP shortages
(02:36) GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP agonists, names, and dosing
(04:15) Why are there shortages?
(08:52) Alternatives
(10:11) What happens if a patient misses a dose?
(12:19) Re-initiation of medications
(14:51) GLP-1 agonist equivalency
(15:31) Substituting SGLT2s
(17:16) Self-sourcing or online sourcing problems
(21:51) Managing patient expectations and concerns
Visit us at OnMedicalGrounds.com for more podcasts or download our app! You can subscribe through your podcast platform, our website, or follow us on social media for podcast updates and medical news. Some of our podcasts offer FREE CME/CE credits.
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