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Type 2 Diabetes

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Our comprehensive guide to the management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, with a focus on optimizing drug therapy. 

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Overview

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Medications
(non-insulin)

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Insulin

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Tools

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Trial Summaries

Overview of Diabetes

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Introduction

page 2

Welcome to the third edition of RxFiles: Type 2 Diabetes.

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Top Diabetes Clinical Pearls

page 3

A collection of learnings, pearls, and things that may surprise you.

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Screening, Diagnosis, & Approach to Treatment

page 4

How to screen for T2DM, risk factors for T2DM, diagnosis tree, and an approach to T2DM therapy

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Glycemic Targets

page 5

A guide to individualizing glycemic targets for your patient.

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Modifiable Risk Factors in Diabetes

page 6

Guidelines and FAQs for blood pressure, lipids, ACEI/ARB, ASA, and lifestyle change.

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Lifestyle Change

page 7

Lifestyle change: the best available treatment for type 2 diabetes. 

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Diabetes and the Kidneys

page 8

A guide to protecting and preserving the kidneys in diabetes.

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Diabetes and Heart Failure

page 9

A guide to comanaging patients with both diabetes and heart failure. 

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Diabetes in Pregnancy

page 10

A guide to managing pregnant patients with diabetes.

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Diabetes in Older Adults

page 11

A guide to managing older adults with diabetes. 

Pharmacotherapy (non-insulin)

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Introduction

page 12

Key messages for using pharmacotherapy in diabetes.

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Metformin

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Metformin: first-line, and the backbone of pharmacotherapy. 

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Diabetes Drug Comparion Charts

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Efficacy, indications, adverse effects, contraindications, drug interactions, monitoring parameters, dosing, and cost comparisons of diabetes pharmacotherapy. 

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Weight Loss Pharmacotherapy Chart

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Efficacy, indications, adverse effects, contraindications, drug interactions, monitoring parameters, dosing, and cost comparisons of weight loss pharmacotherapy.

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Colour Comparison Chart of Pharmacotherapy

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Side-by-side comparisons of diabetes pharmacotherapy using a 'traffic light' approach.

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GLP1 Adverse Effects: Infographic

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Common, less common, rare, and uncertain adverse effects of GLP1 agonists. 

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SGLT2 Inhibitor Adverse Effects: Infographic

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Common, less common, rare, and uncertain adverse effects of SGLT2 inhibitors.

Insulin

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Introduction

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Key messages for using insulin in diabetes.

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Insulin Pens

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Compares and lists the different disposable and reusable insulin pens.

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Insulin Comparison Chart

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Side-by-side comparisons of the different BASAL and PRANDIAL insulins available.

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Insulin Initiation, Titration, and Follow Up

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How to initiate insulin, injection tips and common mistakes, troubleshooting titration, converting between insulins, using insulin to treat corticosteroid hyperglycemia, and travel tips.

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Hypoglycemia and Sick Day Management

page 28

Treating hypoglcyemia, glucagon drug info, and diabetes 'sick day' guidelines. 

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PERSPECTIVES ON: Hypoglycemia Risk

page 29

How to assess and address a patient's risk of hypoglycemia.

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Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose

page 30

Guidance on how often patients should self monitor blood glucose, and a comparison of available blood glucose meters.

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Selecting a Basal Insulin

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Comparison of basal insulins by cost, coverage, convenience, and hypoglycemia.

Diabetes Tools

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Introduction

page 32

An overview of the diabetes tools in this book.

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Shared Decision Making in Diabetes

page 33

A user-friendly approach to helping patients decide which diabetes therapy might be best for them. 

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The Long Story Short - Infographic

page 35

Optimizing the choice and use of insulin needles.

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Physical Activity Prescription

page 36

Evidence suggests that prescribing physical activity is more powerful than simply talking to patients about it. 

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SADMANS Patient Handout

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A handout guiding patients how to pause, and when to restart, medications that can cause acute kidney injury or other side effects when patients are dehydrated. 

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Diabetes Patient Booklet

A patient booklet for patients with type 2 diabetes, designed to motivate patients to exercise, take their medications regularly, test their sugars only when needed, inject insulin properly, and hold SADMANS medications when dehydrated. 

Landmark Diabetes Trials

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Introduction

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An overview of the landmark diabetes trials collected here. 

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Cardiovascular Outcome Landmark Trials

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Describes the population studied, intervention, A1c achieved, and macrovascular outcomes of landmark diabetes cardiovascular outcome trials. 

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Glycemic Target Landmark Trials

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Describes the population studied, intervention, A1c achieved, microvascular outcomes, and macrovascular outcomes of landmark glycemic target trials. 

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Insulin Landmark Trials

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Describes the population studied, intervention, efficacy outcomes, and safety outcomes of landmark insulin trials. 

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Modifiable Risk Factors Landmark Trials

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Describes the population studied, intervention, and results of landmark lipid, ASA, blood pressure, and diabetes prevention trials.

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Abbreviations & Acknowledgements

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Thank you to everyone who helped with the creation of this book!

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