People who don't have diabetes or obesity can still be prescribed the drugs "off-label" but they may have to pay out of pocket, which could cost $800 to $1,400 for a one-month supply
"Ozempic face" is a colloquial term describing the constellation of facial changes some GLP-1 users experience as they lose weight rapidly
SOUL is the largest GLP-1 trial to include a prespecified secondary analysis of outcomes by concomitant sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use, noted Nikolaus Marx, MD, Professor of Cardiology and Head of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
A 2014 case report noted a patient whose plantar fasciitis went into remission when she maintained a gluten-free diet, but it did not establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship
Because these patches aren't regulated as medicines, there isn't enough research to fully understand their long-term safety