Women taking tirzepatide should be aware that it may reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives during dose initiation and escalation
If you have a Medicare health plan, consider other benefits that could help you with weight management, such as nutrition counseling
FDAs Concerns with Compounded GLP-1 Marketing FDAs warning letters state that telehealth companies are making false or misleading claims about compounded GLP-1 drugs
Furthermore, several novel therapeutic compounds (GIP receptor antagonists and agonists including multiple-targeting compounds) have also shown beneficial glucometabolic and body weight lowering effects in individuals with type 2 diabetes and obesity (40, 41)
Chronic inflammation negatively affects the blood-brain barrier and leads to a pro-inflammatory phenotype of astrocytes and microglia (Rochfort and Cummins, 2015)
Clinical trial data from the SURMOUNT and SURPASS programs did not show dramatic differences in efficacy between abdominal, thigh, and upper arm injections for the majority of participants