Questioning Medicine27 Feb 2021

Episode 171: 171. Diabetes Drugs, Statins and Muscle Pain, Vitamin D and COVID, Acne and Food

SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 agonists administered without metformin compared to other glucose‐lowering drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus to prevent cardiovascular events: A systematic review - Escobar - 2021 - Diabetic Medicine - Wiley Online Library

Yes these fancy new drugs work with and without metformin but that does not mean these drugs should be first line!!

Effect of a Single High Dose of Vitamin D3 on Hospital Length of Stay in Patients With Moderate to Severe COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network

Yep even 200,000IU of vit D does nothing except raise your vit d level.

Diet and acne: review of the evidence from 2009 to 2020 - Dall’Oglio - - International Journal of Dermatology - Wiley Online Library

What you eat does mess with your acne, or at least says this large observational trial.

Statin treatment and muscle symptoms: series of randomised, placebo controlled n-of-1 trials | The BMJ

The muscle aches with statins is a common event that it occurs as frequently with the active drug as it does with placebo

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Episode 429: 436. postpartum burnout., asundexian, semaglutide and ETOH, neck infection, varenicline

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Episode 428: 435. Evolocumab, Statin and CKD, PCN allergy, MRI vs Rotator Cuff

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Episode 427: 434. 6 Articles From Arb to Patient Perspective to Cervical Cancer Screening

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Episode 426: 433. Salt, Statins, and Stents

Donato J, et al. Things We Do For No Reason™: Low salt diets for patients with acute heart failure. J Hosp Med 2026 Feb 4; [e-pub]. DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70278.Some guidelines now recommend "normal sodium ...

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