Wrtitten for www.physiciansweekly.com by Craig D. Williams, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Oregon State University College of Pharmacy
Oregon Health & Science University


Craig D. Williams, PharmD, has indicated to Physician’s Weekly that he has worked as a paid speaker and has received grants/research aid from Merck and Co.
Clinicians should take an active role in helping their patients with type 2 diabetes protect themselves from developing cardiovascular disease, or CVD, in the future.


Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been well documented as a major cause of morbidity and mortality for individuals with diabetes. Adults with diabetes have a two- to four-fold higher risk of CVD when compared with those without diabetes. “The common conditions coexisting with type 2 diabetes—especially hypertension and dyslipidemia— are clear risk factors for CVD,” says Craig D. Williams, PharmD. “Diabetes itself also confers independent risk of CVD.”

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