This data suggests that more healthcare providers are seeing the benefits of these medications for treating obesity, which is a significant public health shift, said study investigator Yee Hui Yeo, MD, a clinical fellow in the Karsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Cedars-Sinai
(BMI is an estimate of body fat based on height and weight.) Heres what the trial found: After 36 weeks, patients on the high dose of elecoglipron had lost nearly 12% of their initial body weight, compared with 0.3% in the placebo group
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What Some Of The Evidence Shows So Far Emerging evidence shows that patients who are weaned off GLP1s over several weeks (with progressively lower doses) experience less rebound hunger and can better maintain weight loss
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Attention should be paid to insulin secretory capacity and concomitant medications rather than concern about adherence