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Quantum Health can apply the same independent UM expertise for GLP-1 determinations

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While the mechanisms by which GLP-1 and GLP-1RAs affect intestinal motility remain to be defined, they appear to inhibit gastrointestinal motor function through both parasympathetic (vagal) afferents and direct central nervous stimulation (85-87)

Sometimes side effects show up when the dose changes or your eating pattern shifts

Most patients who succeed do so at Level 2 or Level 3, not Level 1

In a study of more than 3,000 adults with obesity, the highest dose of orforglipron resulted in an average weight loss of 27.3 pounds over 72 weeks, with a safety profile consistent with injectable GLP-1s