But success depends on more than just weight loss
Some researchers suspect that reducing GLP-1 medication dosage through a slow, sustained taper (instead of rapidly decreasing dosage over a short period of time, or stopping them suddenly altogether), could help some patients prevent rebound weight gain, but well need more data to confirm this with any confidence or say why it might be the case
Researchers have found diseases including cardiovascular disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, diabetic chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, autoimmune disease, alcohol use disorder and more could be positively impacted by GLP-1RA therapy
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For adults over 65, extra care is needed