More patients are now exploring medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide as part of a medically supervised approach to weight management
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However, their efficacy has limitations, particularly in patients with morbid obesity, where they may not produce enough weight loss to control or resolve the disease fully
Additionally, the vascular endothelium (the inner lining of the blood vessels) requires significant energy to produce nitric oxide, a molecule essential for regulating blood vessel dilation and constriction
Mark Fendrick, who directs the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan, has argued that if some people using GLP-1s to lose weight were eventually transitioned off, more people could take advantage of them