No matter what dietary or surgical intervention is used to treat patients with obesity, knowing how to deprescribe, especially for patients with type 2 diabetes, is critical. This session will address the practical and critical skill of deprescribing medications as patients with diabetes and other metabolic disease lose weight.

Successful obesity medicine providers will understand that their treatment will alter the medication needs of their patients. Therefore, obesity medicine clinicians are medically, ethically, and legally required to have the necessary skills to keep patients safe. Medication deprescription is an anticipated outcome with weight loss, but there is a lack of guidelines on how to safely proceed with medication changes. This session will provide obesity providers with guidance on proper medication deprescribing

CME/CE Expiration Date: 4/25/24

*The expiration date listed above is the last day CME/CE credit can be claimed for this specific presentation.