Podcast 33 - Talking With Your Patients: Dietary Supplements

Summary

Listen to Amber Healy, DO, from Ohio University, and Bree Meinzer, PharmD, BCACP, CACP, from the University of Toledo, discuss dietary supplement use, including in the treatment of diabetes. They will review complications of commonly used supplements, share tips on finding safety and efficacy information on these products, and provide guidance on how to talk to your patients about supplement use.

Moderated by Susan Davis, DO, University of Cincinnati.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

National Institutes of Health

• Herbs at a Glance
• Office of Dietary Supplements

American Diabetes Association

• Complementary Health & Diabetes: A Focus on Dietary Supplements

Sources

The opinions and recommendations presented in these podcasts are those of the presenter(s) and do not represent the views of the Ohio Cardiovascular & Diabetes Health Collaborative (Cardi-OH).

The Ohio Cardiovascular & Diabetes Health Collaborative is funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid and administered by the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center. The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the authors and do not represent the views of the state of Ohio or federal Medicaid programs.

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