Dr. Huang published an editorial this week on the Potential Overtreatment of Older, Complex Adults with Diabetes through the JAMA Network.
Dr. Huang’s research has found that although the harms of intensive treatment likely exceed the benefits for older patients with complex/intermediate or very complex/poor health status, most of these adults reached tight glycemic targets between 2001 and 2010. Most of them were treated with insulin or sulfonylureas, which may lead to severe hypoglycemia. The findings suggest that a substantial proportion of older adults with diabetes were potentially overtreated.
Read the article here: ja.ma/1G7sLxz