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These drugs work by mimicking the incretin hormone GLP-1, which reduces appetite, slows gastric emptying, and improves appetite suppression signaling in the brain
McCain in 2017, which collectively resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors, found increased deployment lengths, shortened training periods and reduced or deferred maintenance to meet high operational demands had resulted in poor readiness of forward deployed naval forces
The labeled side-effect profile is the same across providers: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, and headache are common
In many cases, these side effects go away after your body adjusts to the medication, according to the Mayo Clinic
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