Dr. G Opines
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Drugs & Medications
GLP-1’S AND ALCOHOL
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1’s) have been discussed in this blog numerous times. This post is another that focuses on…
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Heart Disease
THE CORNEAL REFLEX
There is an important, but simple, diagnostic procedure doctors do frequently but don’t talk about very much. This procedure, called…
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Drugs & Medications
ELI LILLY DOESN’T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY
Eli Lilly and company, the pharmaceutical giant headquartered in Indianapolis, does not miss an opportunity. They have top notch researchers…
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Neurology
A STROKE OR NOT A STROKE?
Practicing medicine, every day is filled with solving “puzzles” one after another. These “puzzles” appear in your office in the…
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Heart Disease
WOMEN AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Last year, the American Heart Association updated their hypertension guidelines for women. They established four groups of hypertensive patients based…
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Bone & Joint Problems
HYALURONIC ACID
Hyaluronic acid is the main ingredient in all those products that rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons inject into the knees of…
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Drugs & Medications
DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS (DOAC’S)
Direct Oral Anticoagulants are a fairly new class of drugs used for the prevention of blood clots and subsequent strokes…
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Drugs & Medications
GLP-1’S AND POLYPHARMACY
Five years ago I was on 13 different medications—13! That’s a lot of foreign substances to put into my body…
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Drugs & Medications
GLP-1’S AFFECTING WEIGHT LOSS BUSINESSES
Here’s a point I hadn’t thought of (until now): the success of GLP-1 receptor agonists has profoundly affected the weight…
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a very common problem. Everyone has it at some time in their life, and in the majority of…
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