It may still occur occasionally, particularly after dietary indiscretions (high-fat meals, excessive alcohol, or unusually large portions), but the chronic, frequent pattern of the escalation phase is typically over
That does not make it wrong, and it is not a scandal, but a reader who is told a study found deserves to know the study was written by the people selling the drug
They were developed to support people with: type 2 diabetes severe insulin resistance significant metabolic dysfunction Weight loss was a secondary effect
The KFF poll also found that nearly one in five adults (18%) say at some point they have taken a GLP-1 drug, a class of medications used for weight loss and to treat diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions
Diabetologia 45 , 195202 (2002)