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Increasing medication prescribing in primary care offices and settings could help increase access, Gregory said, but there is still a lot of work to be done in figuring out how to reduce these barriers to care and how to best deliver treatment in the most cost-effective, safe and effective ways
Preclinical studies indicate GLP-1 receptors may be expressed on various immune cells, including macrophages, monocytes, and lymphocytes, though human data remains limited
Additionally, while a benefit of GLP-1s has generally shown positive cardiovascular outcomes data (less heart attacks, less strokes, less cardiovascular death), I predict that this benefit wont be there if patients have sarcopenic obesity, said Kumar