If you are using oral hormonal contraceptives, add a non-oral contraceptive method or a barrier method of contraception for 4 weeks after starting medication and for 4 weeks after each dose increase
Adds Jay Small, a trichologist and co-founder of Arey, it also took some time for experts to differentiate between shedding that was GLP-1 related and what was potentially hormone related
Patients exhibit reduced microbial diversity, enrichment of opportunistic pathogens (e.g., Enterobacteriaceae), and depletion of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing taxa (e.g., Bifidobacterium , Lactobacillus (Murugesan et al., 2025
Saturated fat is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease because it can increase LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood
But outreach is still needed to fully inform both patients as well as providers about the program, says Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs for the Medical Group Management Association
One GLP-1RA, liraglutide, has been approved to treat obesity, and another, semaglutide, is in clinical trials