These side effects are often mild and tend to improve over time
Citing limitations in the study, Novo Nordisk, which makes the drugs included in the claims analysis, said in a statement reported by Reuters that it does not believe these data are sufficient to draw conclusions about overall patient adherence and persistence to various GLP-1 medicines, including our treatments. Nonetheless, the problem of lack of patient persistence on GLP-1s under real-world conditions, examined and published by a growing number of sources, isnt going away
Those are reasonable questions to resolve before committing, not disqualifying signals on their own
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Cardiovascular outcomes trials have demonstrated significant benefits of certain GLP-1 agonists beyond glycemic control