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Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: One private primary care clinic and two clinics of a safety net hospital system that serves inner-city populations with significant socio-economic challenges. Population: Primary care visits by patients 55 years or older, taking 5 or more chronic medications, speaking English or Spanish during April through December 2023.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. “I would not recommend starting a GLP-1 in the hospital.” Nor should they be.