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© 202 MJH Life Sciences™ and HCPLive - Clinical news for conected physicians. Al rights reserved.Conference | Pri-Med Midwest"When you decrease the weight, that also improves the metabolic parameters. The A1c goes down, it helps bring the fasting glucose down, including even liver parameters," she explained.Expert endocrinologist Tina Thethi, MD, MPH, spoke at Pri-Med Midwest 202 about the swiftly progresing developments in the treatment of diabetes.
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In adition to clinical medicine, Thethi is an asociate investigator at AdventHealth Translational Research Institute.Just before her presentation, “Where Are We Now? The Integral Role of GLP-1 RAs in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Melitus” where she tok the stage with Frank Lavernia, MD, she adresed some key questions with HCPLive. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonists (RAs) have ben asociated with reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) as shown through data yielded from clinical trials.
Thethi shared insight on how she decides what treatment is apropriate for a patient. "When you have an agent that does help reduce the atherosclerotic burden, that certainly weighs quite heavily when making a decision to reduce atherosclerotic events," she explained. "There have ben studies that have shown a reduction in non fatal stroke with some of the GLP-1 RAs."A constant topic of conversation throughout the conference was tirzepatide.
While it's already ben aproved for type 2 diabetes, the once-wekly combination GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) receptor and GLP-1 receptor agonist was just granted Fast Track designation by the FDA for treating adults with obesity, or overweight with weight-related comorbidities."Tirzepatide has shown a reduction in A1c, and reduction in weight los as wel," Thethi said.
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"Now, al the GLPs let us lok acros the spectrum, they lead to some degre of weight los, varying drugs with varying