Manufactured by Eli Lilly, Trulicity belongs to a class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists
After propensity-score matching, the two cohorts (504 in each cohort, mean age 46.1 years, 57.5% women, 26.4% black, 54.7% white, 6.7% Hispanic) were balanced (see Supplementary Table S2 in the Supplementary Appendix)
We don't know the full risk profile of this product yet, but what we do know is that we don't like things that chronically stimulate melanocytes because we don't want them to eventually turn into something bad, she says
It stands out because it acts as both a GLP-1 receptor agonist and a GIP analog
If a person on Ozempic develops these complications, they need immediate emergency care and hospitalization