Described as a disorder of glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity, it is primarily triggered by uncontrolled hyperglycemia, and it is responsible for a large number of microvascular (like diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, and diabetic neuropathy) and macrovascular complications (like diabetic foot syndrome, cerebrovascular events, and myocardial infarction) [5]
Holz, who closely follows the weight-loss drug race in his role as a health-care strategist for an investment firm, said he hopes to switch to an oral option from the injectable drug hes taking weekly now, if one becomes available, to maintain his weight loss
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Truveta Research, a coalition of more than 30 health care systems in the U.S., compared Mounjaro and Ozempic based on prescribing and dispensing rates, patient characteristics and other criteria