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Trulicity is injected under the skin once a week into the thigh, stomach area, or upper arm

GLP-1 receptor agonist use was not associated with a substantially increased risk of thyroid cancer over a mean follow-up of 3.9 years, Bjrn Pasternak, MD, PhD, associate professor and principal researcher in the division of pharmacoepidemiology, department of medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and colleagues wrote

How effective are GLP-1 medications for weight loss

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10.1146/annurev-immunol-042617-053010 Annu

Nissen expects tirzepatide to soon join the pure GLP-1 RAs with an FDA-approved indication for weight loss in addition to diabetes, although it may meet the same payer reluctance around reimbursement for weight loss that the pure GLP-1 RAs have