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Patients may review the currently listed compounded GLP-1 options on the official MEDVi website and complete an online health evaluation to determine potential eligibility

If you are interested in using any sort of weight loss medication to help kick start your weight loss journey and get back to a healthy lifestyle, you will need to do so through the help and support of a medical professional to ensure it is done safely and effectively

Used since 2005 primarily for people with type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 RAs have been very effective at improving markers like Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

Always work under sterile conditions and use a new syringe for each application

Rushing this escalation rarely improves outcomes and often increases adverse events

In terms of its effects, it appears to impact drinking in ways (though not necessarily mechanisms) similar to naltrexone (FDA-approved) and topiramate (prescribed off label for alcohol use disorder), which have a greater effect in reducing intensity of drinking on drinking days relative to their effects on whether someone drinks at all (i.e., abstinent days) although all of them do increase abstinent days to some degree on average)