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📢 TyG-BMI: a new vital sign in #MASLD?

🔹 NHANES study: TyG-BMI ⤴️ = ⤴️ all-cause ☠️ & 💔☠️

🔸 U-shaped risk curve—both high & low TyG-BMI = ⤴️ risk

🔹 HbA1c mediated most of the effect

👉 For MASLD, insulin resistance isn’t just present—it’s predictive❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/9cu63n

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app
May 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Can LFTs track liver fat loss after weight loss in #T2D❓

🔹 DiRECT sub-study: 74% achieved MASLD remission with ~12kg wt loss

🔸 ⤵️ ALT & GGT= predictors of liver fat ⤵️ (ALT >40 = PPV 100%)

🔹 ALT change most closely linked to liver fat ⤵️

👉LFTs = simple tool to track remission

🔗 ggdocs.co/9g8ffo
May 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Who’s getting #GLP1 for #obesity 🇺🇸❓

🔹 <3% of 39M eligible pts got Sema/tirz

🔸 ⚫️⚪️ ⚠️ Px lower in ♂️, ⚫️/Asian/Hispanic pts, high SVI & rural area

🔹 Uptake ⤴️ overall, but disparities persist

🔸 Reflects system-level barriers

👉 #ObesityCare evolving—equity must catch up❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/ao046p
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 #GLP1 ⤵️ kidney decline, CV events & mortality in CKD❗️

🔹 Meta-analysis of 18K pts w/ eGFR <60:
⤵️ eGFR decline ≥50% (OR 0.72)
⤵️ 💔 (OR 0.86)
⤵️ ☠️ (OR 0.77)

🔸 ⤵️⤵️ with human GLP-1 backbone

🥇Evidence across CKD stages—not just macroalbuminuria

👉 GLP-1 now a key 🎯 in CKD + #T2D

🔗 ggdocs.co/tnqomz
March 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oral semaglutide cost-effective vs. liraglutide—even at 50% ⤵️ price

🔹 🇬🇧 modelled data: ⤴️ QALYs (+0.18) & ⤵️ comp.

🔸 💊 = ⤵️ Rx burden vs. daily 💉

🔹 Results robust across sensitivity analyses

⚠️ funded by NovoNordisk

👉 Challenges low-cost liraglutide, supports 🎯 oral GLP-1 use

🔗 ggdocs.co/9h0bz1
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Albuminuria: The CKM biomarker we’re overlooking❗️

🥇 risk biomarker

🔹 Even UACR <3.4 mg/mmol = ⤴️ #CVD, #CKD & ☠️ risk

🔸 Signals early endothelial dysfunc. in HTN, #T2D, #HF & #MASLD

🔹 Yet 💧screening rates low

🔸 Newer Rx (SGLT2i, #GLP1 , nsMRA) = 🎯

⌛detect, disclose & treat❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/hot30b
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
GLP-1 & blood cancer risk: Encouraging signal in cohort study

🔹 #T2D patients on GLP-1 ⤵️ risk vs. insulin for hematological cancers (HR 0.46)

🔸 ⤵️ risk of MDS, MPN, leukaemia, lymphoma & myeloma

🔹 No benefit vs. met

🔸 ⚠️ RWD = unresolved bias

👉 Supports 🎯 trials ⤵️cancer

🔗 ggdocs.co/3yosuj
March 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Finerenone: CV & renal protection across all #T2D therapies❗️

🔹 Pooled analysis: 15,365 pts w/ T2D + CKD or CV

🔸 Consistent benefit on 💔☠️, 🏥💔& kidney outcomes

🔹 ⤴️K+ ⤵️ with SGLT2i use

🔸 Benefit independent of SGLT2i/GLP-1 use

👉 Supports finerenone as a 🎯 in high-risk #T2D❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/tx2a5r
March 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
📢 #T1D Closed-Loop: MiniMed™ 780G in Real-World France

🔹 TIR ⤴️ 11.8% (2.8h/day) at 6m, HbA1c ⤵️ 0.52%

🔸 Hypoglycemia risk ⤵️, zero severe hypos @ 12m

🔹 Diabetes distress ⤵️ & QoL ⤴️ in adults & teens

🔸 Fear of hypos ⤵️ in adults & children

👉 HCL the new standard in #DiabetesCare❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/pwpsiu
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📢 Mediterranean Diet: A Recipe for Cancer Prevention?
🇬🇧1 in 10 cancers - Obesity related (ORC)

🔹 n450,111, 15y follow-up in EPIC study

🔸 6% ⤵️ risk ORC withMedDiet adherence (HR 0.94)

🔹 Colorectal, liver, kidney cancer ⤵️

🔸 Not weight—no mediation via BMI/waist-to-hip ratio

🔗 ggdocs.co/7larkw
February 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
MASLD: ‘Elephant in the Room’ of #CKM

🔹 🌍 crisis: 1/3 adults affected, 65% in #T2D

🔸 Liver fibrosis=predictor of ☠️ & #CVD, #CKD,&HCC

🔹 No approved Rx – 🎯 lifestyle, ⤵️weight & multi-specialty care

🔸 Future hope: GLP-1s, PPAR, THR-β agonists

👉 Access the full paper via link

🔗 ggdocs.co/dz0kai
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Beyond GLP-1: The next wave ...

🔹 GIP/GLP-1 dual agonists (e.g., #Tirzepatide) ⤴️ wt loss vs. GLP-1

🔸 3x agonists (GIP/GLP-1/Glucagon) aim for >25% wt loss

🔹 Emerging 💉💊: Amylin + GLP-1 combos, FGF21 analogs, oral non-peptides

👉 Will the next-gen 💉 ⤴️ wt loss beyond 30%❓

🔗 ggdocs.co/hefyaj
February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can resistance exercise reverse frailty in #T2D

🔹 Frailty ⤵️ in 36% of intervention group vs. 17% usual care (OR 2.6, p=0.009)

🔸 SPPB ⤴️ by 1+ point in 47.8% vs. 35.3% (p=0.034)

🔹 Early intervention key❗️

👉 Time to rethink exercise as standard Rx for frailty in #T2D

🔗 ggdocs.co/zvm0cn
February 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 Cardiac, Renal & Metabolic (CRM) Overlap: A Public Health Crisis?

🔹 CRM multimorbidity ⤴️ in 20 yrs (1 CRM: 21% → 26%, all 3: 0.7% → 1.5%)

🔸 ⚫️ & low SES = ⤴️ risk but ⤵️treatment❗️

🔹 Statins underused in 1/3 CRM pts, ACEi/ARB in 40-50%, SGLT2i/GLP1 <5%

👉 MDT + 🎯 therapy= key❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/enhs7v
February 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Real-world tirzepatide use in #T2D in 🇺🇸

🔹 Initiation: 84% start at ≤5 mg, 69.6% ⤴️ dose within 6m

🔸 Dosing at 6m: 56.5% remain <10 mg

🔹 Persistence: 73.3% still on treatment at 6m

🔸 Discontinuation: 26.7% stopped, 29.1% restarted

👉 Persistence high, slower titration the norm

🔗 ggdocs.co/0z0q43
February 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 #GLP1 in overweight/obesity—who stops & who restarts?

🔹 1-year disc.: #T2D 46.5% ⤵️ vs. no T2D 64.8% ⤴️

🔸 1-year reinitiation: #T2D 47.3% ⤴️ vs. no T2D 36.3% ⤵️

🔹 ⤴️Wt loss ⤵️disc. risk

🔸 GI AEs ⤴️ disc. risk (HR 1.38 in T2D, 1.19 no T2D)

👉 💰& 🤢 drive inequities in long-term❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/456b83
February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
EASO 🔥 Critiques Lancet’s #Obesity Framework 🇪🇺

🔹“Preclinical obesity” = delayed care 🚨

🔸Ignores T2D evidence (treatment ⤵️ complications)

🔹Flawed metrics: BMI focus ❌, misses root causes

👉 EASO’s fix:
✅ Early intervention
✅ WtHR + biology
✅ Equity > BMI

🔗 ggdocs.co/u5d8il
January 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Finerenone in HFpEF/HFmrEF ❗️

🔹 Early eGFR declines (≥15%) with finerenone are common (23% vs. 13% placebo).

🔸 Unlike placebo, these declines were not associated with worse outcomes.

🔹 Finerenone ⤵️ 💔 & CV ☠️across eGFR changes.

❗️Don’t stop finerenone due to early eGFR dips❗️

🔗 ggdocs.co/3w7mim
January 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Finerenone: Do we need another treatment for #CKD in #T2D

🔹 Reduces CKD progression by 23% & CV events by 14% (FIDELITY analysis).

🔸 Complements RASi & SGLT2i therapies, offering comprehensive cardio-renal protection.

❗️A new pillar in T2D & CKD Mx #CombinationTherapy.

🔗 ggdocs.co/nqip3c
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Does remission of #T2D matter❓

🔹 Study: GPs & nurses view remission as a motivational tool but not a clinical priority.

🔸 Concerns: transient nature of remission, coding reluctance, and risk of health inequities.

🔹 Need: Clearer guidance & resources for follow-up care.

🔗 ggdocs.co/isz5cs
January 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Statin use ⤵️ insulin sensitivity & beta-cell function over 9 years❗️

🔹 9y PROMISE cohort study

🔸⤵️ insulin sensitivity 6%

🔹 ⤵️ beta-cell function 5-8%

🔸Greater effects in females

👉 consider when making informed decisions

🔗 ggdocs.co/isz5cs

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
January 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Peri-operative management of GLP-1 RAs & SGLT2 inhibitors❗️

🔹 New 🇬🇧 consensus: GLP-1 RAs can continue, but risks of aspiration must be assessed.

🔸SGLT2i should be stopped 1 day pre-op to avoid euglycemic DKA.

❗️shared decision-making & tailored approaches to optimise safety.

🔗 ggdocs.co/4r995z
January 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Statins ⤵️ CVD risk & cost-effectively improve QALYs in older adults❗️

🔹 UK study: Statins ⤵️ CVD events by ~24% & CV deaths by ~12%.

🔸Cost-effective for those ≥70 years, regardless of LDL levels or prior CVD.

❗️statins important in preventive care for aging populations.

🔗 ggdocs.co/zcu36j
January 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Microdosing semaglutide ⤵️ GI side effects etc...

🔹 Tailored dosing via multidose pens allows for gradual escalation to improve tolerability.

🔸 Useful in acute care settings or for cost-saving

👉Off-label but a promising option in specific clinical scenarios.

#Diabetes #GLP1

🔗 ggdocs.co/nwlkyc
January 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
SGLT-2 inhibitors ⤵️ cirrhosis risk in #T2D❗️

🔹 🇬🇧 cohort study: SGLT-2 inhibitors ⤵️cirrhosis incidence by 36% (HR 0.64) & decompensated cirrhosis by 26% (HR 0.74) vs. DPP-4i's.

🔹 No similar benefit seen with #GLP1

👉Highlights potential liver benefits of SGLT-2 inhibitors

🔗ggdocs.co/crpvon
January 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM