Obesity For weight loss, healthcare professionals may prescribe GLP-1 agonists for people with an initial BMI of 30 or higher or people who have a BMI of 27 or higher and at least one weight-related health condition, such as: type 2 diabetes prediabetes high blood pressure high cholesterol heart disease nonalcoholic fatty liver disease obstructive sleep apnea polycystic ovary syndrome Typically, healthcare professionals only prescribe these medications after someone has tried other weight loss methods, such as diet and exercise, without success
Psychiatric patients have higher rates of obesity than the general population not by coincidence, but by biology and medication side effects
Mattingly SM, Martinez G, Young J, Cain MK, Striegel A
With the right guidance, you can preserve and even build lean muscle while on your GLP-1 journey
The cardiovascular and renal outcomes of DPP4i have been summarized in Table 5
This was a revealing article and chart to show how non-specific the demographics of GLP-1 users are