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On-Demand Video

Diabetes

Diabetes Pharmacotherapy: Should We Still Start With Metformin? A Pro/Con Debate

Thursday, May 4, 2023

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Location: The Flipped Classroom - Room 345-346 - Summit Building - Level 3

CME/CE/MOC Credit

On-Demand Available For This Session

Speaker(s)

Elena A. Christofides, MD, FACE (she/her/hers)

Chief Executive Officer
Endocrinology Associates, Inc
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Cecilia C. Low Wang, MD

Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, United States

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Moderator(s)

Kenneth Izuora, MD, MBA, FACE

Professor
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Learning Objectives:

List the current recommended approaches/algorithms for starting patients with type 2 DM on pharmacotherapy.
Describe the reasoning behind and benefits of initiating DM2 treatment with metformin.
Describe the reasoning behind and benefits of initiating patients on DM2 management with agents other than metformin.