Rachel Reilly thought that taking a GLP-1 would help her lose weight and ease the symptoms of her polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
WSJ reports that, while drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound arent approved for kids under 12, some doctors believe prescribing GLP-1s off-label to children with obesity can help them reduce their Body Mass Index (BMI) and reduce their risk of obesity-related, lifelong issues like Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
One patients story illustrates this point clearly: after losing 25 pounds on a compounded GLP-1 medication, they eventually had to stop due to the high cost
Patients and methods Patients One hundred and forty-six pediatric patients, referred between May 2003 and May 2018 to the Genoa Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program for first allografting, were considered for this study
Three years on and with Jennifer 40kg lighter the drugs seem to have resolved her lifelong struggle to manage her weight
It's a simple structure: just three amino acidsglycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysinethat have teamed up with a copper ion