Our patient is not on any other antihyperglycemic agent and she is nondiabetic, narrowing the differential of her ketoacidosis to starvation ketoacidosis secondary to self-prescribed tirzepatide
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These diabetes treatments work through completely distinct pathways to lower blood glucose levels and improve glycemic control
The key difference is that semaglutide users at the 2.4 mg dose report higher rates and longer duration of constipation compared to tirzepatide users, even at the highest 15 mg dose