GLP-1s: What Every Clinician & Patient Should Know with Dr. Amy Givler
Dr. Amy Givler returns to join host Dr. Mike Chupp for the first of two episodes exploring one of the most talked-about drug classes in medicine today: GLP-1 receptor agonists. A family physician who has served patients in northeast Louisiana for decades, Dr. Givler brings both clinical depth and transparency to a conversation happening in primary care offices across the country every single day. They cover how these medications work, who they’re for, what side effects look like, what happens when patients stop taking them, and the honest questions medicine still can’t fully answer.
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Next week, Dr. Kymberli Cook from Dallas Theological Seminary joins us to continue the conversation on GLP-1s – this time from the perspective of theological anthropology and biblically sound ethics, exploring human flourishing, creaturely limitation, and what it looks like to pursue transformation while remaining faithful to who God made us to be. You won’t want to miss it.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Amy Givler, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Amy Givler is a family physician seeing outpatients in Monroe, Louisiana. She and her husband, Don, travel yearly to western Kenya with medical students from LSU-Shreveport for their global health rotation. She is the mother of three and the grandmother of four. She serves on the CMDA Board of Trustees and her medical interests include treating chronic pain, vaccines, the doctor-patient relationship, and healthy eating.
