At minimum, patients should receive comprehensive blood work to evaluate liver and kidney function, along with a thorough medical history review to identify contraindications
These tests are not done under controlled research conditions and carry their own uncertainty, but they are the closest thing to independent verification available in this market
The researchers analyzed blood pressure, HbA1c, fasting glucose and lipid changes from drug initiation to 1 year
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Further research is needed to examine whether weight loss associated with Wegovy contributes to this risk
We hypothesise that a few mechanisms may have contributed to the observed cardioprotective effects of GLP-1RAs in our study: (1) this class of glucose-lowering drugs induces weight loss, which has a positive impact and results in a better cardioprotective effect