It doesnt depend on the presence of diabetes that was shown in the SELECT trial and doesnt necessarily depend on obesity. That would require one of the pharmaceutical companies to carry out a clinical trial that would allow drug regulators to further expand the use of these medications
Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA and the Diabetes Center at the University of Florida, found that cell mass was increased approximately 40 percent in the pancreases of deceased organ donors who had Type 2 diabetes and who had been treated with incretin therapy
Glucagon-like peptide 1 reduces endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress induced by both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes
This distinction is critical when discussing risk with patients who already have hypertension, coronary artery disease, or heart failure
Brand-name medications (Wegovy, Zepbound) are FDA approved and manufactured by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly
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