An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease
Saxenda, the second to be approved, only achieved middling weight-management results for a large share of those who took it, and physicians were reticent to prescribe weight-loss medications after the disastrous effects of drugs such as fen-phen were revealed in the late 90s
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While certainly not outweighing the good these medications offer, prescribing physicians need to keep in mind the real and serious ocular adverse events that may occur. A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk, which manufactures Ozempic and Wegovy, said: Patient safety is our top priority and we take any report about an adverse event related to the use of our medicines very seriously
The medical group providing clinical services, OpenLoop Healthcare Partners, PC, is a publicly documented telehealth entity with its own published consent forms, SOC 2 certification, and verifiable address
I dont know how Im going to feel better about saying that this is something we use