Avoidance also may derive from the number of people with obesity being so largefar larger than the number with diabetesand therefore more costly to treat, the authors note
As of 2026, neither compound has FDA approval, limiting prescribing to research contexts or off-label use by physicians specializing in obesity medicine or endocrinology
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