# Episode 194: CBD safety, HTN guideline, choosing DM drugs, and COVID-19 vax efficacy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/primary-care-update-1000928/episode-194-cbd-safety-htn-guideline-choosing-dm-drugs-and-covid-19-vax-efficacy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/primary-care-update-1000928/episode-194-cbd-safety-htn-guideline-choosing-dm-drugs-and-covid-19-vax-efficacy.md Podcast: [Primary Care Update](https://stenobird.com/podcast/primary-care-update-1000928) Published: 2025-11-26T17:39:54+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/primary-care-update/episodes/Episode-194-CBD-safety--HTN-guideline--choosing-DM-drugs--and-COVID-19-vax-efficacy-e3bgpma Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/5693a5c/podcast/play/111748234/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-26%2F1d8c7353-bca5-4241-ad24-607d3c4551da.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/primary-care-update-1000928/episodes/episode-194-cbd-safety-htn-guideline-choosing-dm-drugs-and-covid-19-vax-efficacy Duration seconds: 1978 ## Resource This week primary care physicians Gary, Henry, Kate and Mark discuss the safety of CBD, a new guideline for managing adults with hypertension, whether COVID-19 vaccines are still effective, and a living guideline from the BMJ to help us choose the best diabetes drugs. Links to stuff Essential Evidence Plus Illinois Academy of Family Physicians meeting Dec 6 in Naperville, IL (Kate, Gary and Mark) North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians Big Sky Conference Jan 19 in Big Sky, Montana (Gary and Kate) Safety of CBD ACC/AHA Hypertension guideline PREVENT-CVD risk calculator Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines BMJ living guideline for diabetes BMJ MATCH-IT interactive tool for selecting drugs ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/primary-care-update-1000928/episodes/episode-194-cbd-safety-htn-guideline-choosing-dm-drugs-and-covid-19-vax-efficacy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/primary-care-update-1000928/episode-194-cbd-safety-htn-guideline-choosing-dm-drugs-and-covid-19-vax-efficacy.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.