Clinical trials for Zepbound were striking: participants lost an average of 20% of their body weight over 72 weeks at the highest dose, exceeding outcomes seen with semaglutide alone
Diabetes Res
The Pharm/Biotech industrys main focus is on development of therapeutics to address unmet medical needs but sometimes, clinical trials lead to observations that lead to a change in research path for a drug
Androgenic alopecia requires ongoing treatment
But to answer your question directly, the concern about getting medication without seeing a clinician or having more comprehensive care is: one, the medication is not teaching you anything about healthy living, how to be physically active, which is also important
For example, a 2022 study in mice found that exercise itself increases GLP-1 secretion, and experimentally raising GLP-1 levels improved the mices endurance