At baseline, mean age was 45 years (range 18 to 78), 79% were female, 85% were White, 10% were Black or African American, and 11% were Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity
When we try to look at the effects on glucose and insulin and doing what we call dose response experiments, where we increase the dose to see how much you can actually obtain with this, then we also found, as we increased the doses, people would start to get sick
Your prescribing provider can determine if this combination aligns with your metabolic needs and treatment goals
The safety of commercial GLP-1 patches is unknown since they havent undergone clinical trials or regulatory review
But if youre trying to wrap your head around what these drugs are, how they work, and what the risks versus rewards look like, we think its a pretty good place to start
My nurse practitioner, Kristi, is wonderful