Tirzepatide acts on two (GLP-1 and GIP), which in clinical studies has been associated with greater average weight loss
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As GLP-1 therapy progresses and weight loss occurs, your provider may need to reduce or discontinue some antihypertensive medications to prevent symptomatic low blood pressure, but this decision requires medical supervision and regular blood pressure monitoring
However, patients receiving GLP-1-RAs had also been treated longer, which could have affected the likelihood of reducing the medication for IIH
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it reflects structural limitations