Compounding the problem is the fact that insurance companies are reluctant to cover these anti-obesity medications, since theyre considered by many to be vanity drugs, even though overwhelming evidence suggests obesity is linked directly to multiple comorbidities
You dont want to get a prescription and walk awaythats not going to work in the long term. About half of patients who start a GLP-1 medication stop within a year, he notes, often because of side effects, cost, or lack of follow-up
A trove of clinical trial data on how genetics influence various responses to GLP-1 receptor agonists, including weight loss, likely exists, though that data has been difficult to come by
If that were what you got from your doctor, would you want to bring it up
This phenomenon is similar to that that happens at the neurobiological level with substance use disorder
Findings In total, 99 individuals were recruited and invited to complete the three-day food record