A respected endocrinologist with more than three decades of experience, Victor L. Roberts, MD, serves patients at Endocrine Associates of Florida in Lake Mary. In addition to his work in a clinical setting, Victor L. Roberts, MD, is a fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), an organization that provides resources and guidance to doctors and patients. The ACP’s section on diabetes recently issued updated guidelines for the treatment of diabetes and prediabetes in patients aged 65 and older. The new guidelines call for a treatment plan that emphasizes lifestyle changes as the first-line treatment for those with prediabetes. This replaces the previous recommendation of metformin as the first treatment option. The guidelines also call for regular cognitive screenings and lipid profiles for elderly patients who already have diabetes. Additionally, the optimal blood pressure goal for these patients is optimally less than 140/90 mm Hg, with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers used as the initial treatments if the blood pressure is outside this range.
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