
#397: Insulin, Type 2 Diabetes, Fanny Packs, and Hypoglycemia with Dr. Jeff Colburn
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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The Benefits of Basil Insulin and Glp1 Injections
There are two i believe pre-mixed fixed dose combinations of a basil insulin and an and a glp1 agonist. They need very little hands-on from the doctor's office you just allow them to bring it up until their fasting numbers are looking great. It just depends if you've got insurance to cover one of the combos I think they're fantastic if you don't try to prescribe aglp1 and an insulin insulin if you need them but yeah i think they're great products."Sometimes we forget that the glp1's at higher dosing you can have the side effect of nausea and gi upset," he says.
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