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We start with the patient: weight history, prior attempts, family history, blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, liver markers, sleep, medications, mental health, alcohol use, menopause or PMOS context when relevant, and what the patient is actually trying to accomplish

What these findings suggest is that, while weight-loss drugs lead to faster results than diet and exercise alone, quitting them also results in weight being regained much faster, regardless of how much was initially lost

For now, it is available only for research purposes

These medications are delivered subcutaneously, which means they work best when injected into fatty tissue

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