I do admit this could just be the types of clients I see in clinic, and maybe none of the clients Ive worked with react to B12 or biotin supplements (remember that study listed 1 person reacting, out of 10 people)
Most high-quality studies show only minor effects for healthy individuals, and these changes usually happen alongside other healthy habits like improved diet and increased exercise
Despite these numbers, GLP-1 drugs account for relatively small shares of total Medicaid spending and prescriptions, the report noted about 0.5% of all Medicaid prescriptions and 3.7% of gross Medicaid spending
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Women may start with a lower dose
And so, let's talk about how they work mechanistically and then some of the false narratives that come along with these GLP-1s, because, admittedly at the very beginning, when these drugs were becoming more popular, I had some guests on and it was more focused on, these are the concerns about why you don't want to take them, and now there's a lot of nuance and certainly the microdosing