Sharing best practice in diabetes care: Focus on the patient with longstanding type 2 diabetes mellitus
This article presents experts' view of three clinical scenarios where intensification of T2DM treatment is required
Learning objectives
You will learn:
- The role of basal insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) as described in current guidelines
- The benefits of a GLP-1RA vs a prandial insulin as an add-on to a basal insulin
- How to initiate and titrate fixed-ratio basal insulin and GLP-1RA fixed-ratio combinations (FRCs)
- What is overbasalisation in type 2 diabetes
- The FRCs of basal insulin and GLP-1RAs available in South Africa.
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