Providing a treatment option that is proven to lower this cardiovascular risk is a major advance for public health. The FDAs decision is largely based on data from the SELECT trial, which included more than 17,000 overweight or obese patients with a baseline age of 45 years old
They reduce stomach acid or prevent it from refluxing into the esophagus
Long-term studies confirmed sustained weight loss over two years, alongside reductions in the prevalence of prediabetes and cardiovascular risk factors (38)
They should be avoided in individuals with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN2 syndrome
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