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Diabetes & prediabetes:: Metformin vs Pioglitazone: side effects vs benefits
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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 79476" data-attributes="member: 843"><p><strong>Published on Apr 8, 2017</strong></p><p>Metformin is the most commonly prescribed oral medication for diabetes. It has side effects, like gastrointestinal distress. Other meds like pioglitazone remain in use by informed providers. Why? Pioglitazone has demonstrated decreased heart attack and stroke events. Pioglitazone gives better outcomes, but also has more serious side effects. It's similar to the ACEI vs ARB question: drugs that decrease cardiovascular inflammation improve outcomes. But they also have more side effects. </p><p>For a similar story about ACE Inhibitors and ARBS, see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGI25sq3bNQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGI25...</a></p><p>Ford Brewer is a physician that started as an Emergency Doctor. AFter seeing too many patients coming in dead from early heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. He went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine at Hopkins. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His late role in this are was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has over 500 primary care/ prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. Now he's running a small start-up, Prevmed. We provide face-to-face heart attack and stroke prevention in our home location of Nashville, TN as well as several other locations. We also provide preventive medicine by telemedicine technology to over 30 states. </p><p><a href="mailto:fbrewer@prevmedheartrisk.com">fbrewer@prevmedheartrisk.com</a> <a href="mailto:info@prevmedheartrisk.com">info@prevmedheartrisk.com</a> </p><p>prevmedheartrisk.com</p><p></p><p>-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-</p><p>Please watch: "A new test for heart attack/stroke risk; PULS - the test we've been seeking? unstable plaque test? " </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nCofPbwa8A" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nCof...</a></p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]is9Q5ZmuhqY[/media]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 79476, member: 843"] [B]Published on Apr 8, 2017[/B] Metformin is the most commonly prescribed oral medication for diabetes. It has side effects, like gastrointestinal distress. Other meds like pioglitazone remain in use by informed providers. Why? Pioglitazone has demonstrated decreased heart attack and stroke events. Pioglitazone gives better outcomes, but also has more serious side effects. It's similar to the ACEI vs ARB question: drugs that decrease cardiovascular inflammation improve outcomes. But they also have more side effects. For a similar story about ACE Inhibitors and ARBS, see [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGI25sq3bNQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGI25...[/URL] Ford Brewer is a physician that started as an Emergency Doctor. AFter seeing too many patients coming in dead from early heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. He went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine at Hopkins. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His late role in this are was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has over 500 primary care/ prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. Now he's running a small start-up, Prevmed. We provide face-to-face heart attack and stroke prevention in our home location of Nashville, TN as well as several other locations. We also provide preventive medicine by telemedicine technology to over 30 states. [email]fbrewer@prevmedheartrisk.com[/email] [email]info@prevmedheartrisk.com[/email] prevmedheartrisk.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "A new test for heart attack/stroke risk; PULS - the test we've been seeking? unstable plaque test? " [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nCofPbwa8A"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nCof...[/URL] [media=youtube]is9Q5ZmuhqY[/media] [/QUOTE]
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