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Others continue at a maintenance dose, on the reasoning that obesity is a chronic condition and stopping suddenly often leads to regain
Study: Trajectory of weight regain after cessation of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a systematic review and nonlinear meta-regression
I assess the appropriateness of the medication carefully and monitor closely when [these patients] are on a GLP-1 agonist. The caution is warranted, according to John Batsis, MD, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, particularly because of the lack of clinical data on the specific impact of GLP-1 medications on older adults
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