Challenges include weekly injections, lifelong use needs, side effects like nausea, conservative doctors, and low persistence, as noted by Zerodha's Nithin Kamath and experts urging diet and exercise first
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These medications have direct organ protective effects. However, he said more work is now needed to implement the results of the study into clinical practice and improve access to GLP-1 receptor agonists to people who will benefit from them
Source: NEJM 2023 Safety profile: The most common adverse events were gastrointestinal (nausea 58%, diarrhea 39%, vomiting 32% in the 12 mg group)