With the right plan, you can make steady, sustainable progress toward your weight-loss goals, without combining medications that were never meant to be taken together
"In the longer term, however, reduced obesity rates among Medicaid enrollees could also result in reduced Medicaid spending on chronic diseases associated with obesity, such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and types of cancer," the researchers noted in a KFF news release
If hair loss is a particular concern, a prescribing clinician may consider whether an alternative medication class is appropriate for the patient's underlying condition, though this decision must always be guided by clinical need and individual riskbenefit assessment
Published meta-analyses and systematic reviews indicate that both oral and injectable GLP-1 RAs delay gastric emptying, but the magnitude of this effect is similar across formulations when matched for agent and dosing schedule