glp-1 and fasting Researchers find medications safe to continue before surgery in patients with diabetes obesity Fasting and meal-stimulated time courses

Normally, patients fast before surgery to reduce this risk, but GLP-1 medications can cause food to remain in the stomach longer than expected, increasing the chance of aspiration even after fasting

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Meanwhile, tempering demand for these medications is the fact that they are not effective for many of the people who take them

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The drugmakers departing Chief Scientific Officer Mikael Dolsten said there were encouraging results for several versions of the drug and that we believe a once-daily formulation has the potential to have a competitive profile in the obesity pill market