When asked why, the most common reasons cited included not knowing enough about the long-term side effects of these drugs (49%), these medications being overused (32%), beliefs that weight loss should be managed by lifestyle not medication (29%), and feeling that the people who really need these medications arent getting them because too many people are using them for purely cosmetic purposes instead of health reasons (21%)
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1587818 Received 06 March 2025 Accepted 09 May 2025 Published 04 June 2025 Volume 19 - 2025 Edited by Stefano Marini, Independent Researcher, Termoli, Italy Reviewed by Elizabeth Anne McCullagh, Oklahoma State University, United States Hanif Ullah, Sichuan University, China Updates Copyright 2025 Fang, Zhou, Chen, Wang, Liu and Jia
In practice, the abdomen and thigh are the two sites most suitable for self-administration
Greenberger JS, Smith T, Schlesselman JJ, Epperly M
The medicine can be used alone or with other glucose-lowering therapies when a clinician decides the combination is appropriate
This lag between medical consensus and insurance policy means thousands of patients who could benefit from GLP-1 therapy must find alternative access pathways, including direct-pay options through licensed compounding pharmacies
