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DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

For each diet, adverse events were infrequent. “Most people in this study were taking more than one blood pressure medication, but we found that you can lower it further with dietary change,” coauthor Lawrence Appel, M.D., The first three weeks of each diet were when most blood pressure reduction occurred.

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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ADA: Orforglipron Reduces Glycated Hemoglobin in Early Type 2 Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

from the Velocity Clinical Research Center at Medical City Dallas, and colleagues conducted a phase 3 trial involving participants with type 2 diabetes treated only with diet and exercise, an HbA1c level of ≥7.0 Mild-to-moderate gastrointestinal events were the most common adverse events with orforglipron. Julio Rosenstock, M.D.,