At the A. F. Williams Family Medicine Center in Denver, pharmacists Joseph J. Saseen and Laura Borgelt work side by side with physicians and other healthcare professionals, using their expertise in pharmacotherapy to enhance patient outcomes in a variety of illnesses. One major illness is Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
As part of their pharmacotherapy consult service at the family clinic, the two pharmacists are often called on to manage or comanage diabetes patients' therapy. They help patients keep their blood glucose levels under control, and they titrate the cholesterol and blood pressure medications of those who require such treatment.
"We also place them on aspirin …