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House Calls, #945, November 3, 2024: When there are unexpected positive health outcomes with medication use
The recent issue of The Economist has reviewed the unexpected health benefits of Ozempic. Link is here for those who are interested in the data. Your Calls and Comments:
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Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness. Study authors state that causality is not established. The health benefits of controlling diabetes, reduced heart, liver, kidney, and brain disease need to be considered with its use.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 4, 2024 Source:Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness
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‘Oatzempic’: TikTok Users Claim New Drink Helps With Weight Loss—Here’s What You Need to Know. This should have been an April Fools’ joke.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 1, 2024 Source:‘Oatzempic’: TikTok Users Claim New Drink Helps With Weight Loss—Here’s What You Need to Know
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Measles travel advisories, New Canadian Pharmacare not covering the cost of Ozempic for people with type 2 diabetes, and a possible new treatment pathway for people suffering from Crohn’s disease.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 26, 2024 Source:Treating newly-diagnosed Crohn’s patients with advanced therapy leads to dramatic improvements in outcomes
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Sunday House Call, #909, January 14, 2024: How health insurance company wanna-be-doctor bean counter’s medication-coverage decisions interfere with therapeutic management and has had a deleterious effect on (my) patients’ health outcomes.
I talked about this before yet this continues to be a major issue in that evidence-based medicine is being thwarted by insurance companies’ decision to not provide Semaglutide (Ozempic) for the treatment and management of obesity. It is having a deleterious effect both from a mental and physical health perspective on my patients. Wasn’t the…
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U.S. pharmacies that are compounding unregulated vials of semaglutide for sale during the Ozempic shortage has led to Poison centers reporting a 1,500% increase in calls related to accidental overdose.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 15, 2023 Source:Poison centers see nearly 1,500% increase in calls related to injected weight-loss drugs as people accidentally overdose
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Initial small studies show that the use of Semaglutide (Ozempic) may help reduce alcohol consumption.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 4, 2023 Source:Ozempic Could Also Help You Drink Less Alcohol
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Sunday House Call, #902, November 19, 2023: The Chosen Ones.
How some pharmacies are deciding that people with type 2 diabetes supersede people with obesity respecting their prescriptions for Ozempic due to shortages. I discuss why this is completely unethical and how other pharmacies are staying away from this bad decision. Your Calls and Comments: