A Pharmacist’s Take: Navigating the Diabetes Drug Shortage – Part 1

Today On Medical Grounds, we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Whitley. Dr. Whitley is a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a certified diabetes educator.

 Earlier this year, Dr. Whitley spoke with us about screening for diabetes in high-risk individuals. Today, she is back to talk about some new things going on in the diabetes and pharmacy world. This is part 1 of a two part series. In Part 1, Dr. Whitley will be discussing shortages in GLP-1 agonist drugs for diabetes and what pharmacists can do to address those shortages.

Dr. Whitley recently published a paper in Clinical Diabetes about this topic:
Special Report: Potential Strategies for Addressing GLP-1 and Dual GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist Shortages

(00:09) Introduction to Dr. Whitley
(01:08) Publication on strategies for GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP shortages
(02:36) GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP agonists, names, and dosing
(04:15) Why are there shortages?
(08:52) Alternatives
(10:11) What happens if a patient misses a dose?
(12:19) Re-initiation of medications
(14:51) GLP-1 agonist equivalency
(15:31) Substituting SGLT2s
(17:16) Self-sourcing or online sourcing problems
(21:51) Managing patient expectations and concerns

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