These findings showed an improvement in hypertension in direct correlation to the amount of weight loss, said Mir Ali, MD, a bariatric surgeon, bariatric medicine specialist, and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA
The 5-year risk of CKD was about 7% with SGLT2 inhibitors versus just over 8% with GLP-1s, suggesting a slight edge for SGLT2 inhibitors on pure kidney outcomes
Discontinuing obesity medication for patients with demonstrated benefit is bordering unethical. For GLP-1 users like Michael Donnelly-Boylen, who was able to get off of antidepressants and blood pressure medication and stave off longer-term medical care as a result of using GLP-1s for weight management, the drugs are a lifeline. He said since the age of eight, everything he had tried to address his weight had failed
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