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CGM: A Powerful Tool for Behavior Change in Diabetes
July 2024 —Diabetes management is complex. Getting to the heart of sustained behavior change should be addressed with compassionate and evidence-based clinical care that provides the best tools to patients. Learn about how CGM can be a powerful tool for behavior change.
Prescribe with Confidence: Patients with OUD Need You
June 2024 — Primary care prescribers treating chronic health conditions are in a key position to also prescribe medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). A new nationwide campaign, “Prescribe with Confidence: Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Need You,” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration helps primary care clinicians take steps to diagnose OUD and work with their patients to treat it.
Support and Treatment for People With Alcohol Use Disorder
May 2024 — As a family physician, one condition I see in my practice is alcohol use disorder (AUD), a chronic disease in which a person craves drinks that contain alcohol and is unable to control their drinking. Someone with this disease also needs to drink greater amounts to get the same effect and has withdrawal symptoms after stopping alcohol use.