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According to WW, Med+ members prescribed GLP-1 medications lost an average of 7.4 lbs in the first four weeks

Patients received one of the following treatments: sitagliptin 50 mg twice daily plus metformin 1,000 mg twice daily sitagliptin 50 mg twice daily plus metformin 500 mg twice daily metformin 1,000 mg twice daily metformin 500 mg twice daily sitagliptin 100 mg daily placebo (from weeks 1 to 24) Patients who had initially received placebo were switched to metformin 1,000 mg twice daily at week 24

Nausea is a side effect which affects 3050% of patients taking GLP-1R agonists at clinically licensed doses 15 , with higher doses glycemically more effective but consistently associated with unacceptable tolerability 16,17,18,19

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Eligibility typically excludes Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other government-funded insurance

By offering a medication that passively reduces alcohol consumption, GLP-1RAs could intervene at earlier stages of problematic drinking, potentially preventing escalation to more severe AUD