These drugs also have a black box warning about thyroid cancer, which has been found in animal studies, but not established in human studies
Availability, side-effect profile, cost, and regulatory status all shift the calculus, and I break each of those down below
Both medicines are unlicensed in the UK, meaning they cannot be prescribed through standard NHS or private prescribing routes
PlexusDx recommends baseline micronutrient testing before starting semaglutide injections so your provider can target specific deficiencies
This lack of benefit stands in contrast with the significant or nearly-significant reduction in macrovascular risk reported with liraglutide, semaglutide and exenatide [51,52,53], which also enhance signaling through the GLP-1 receptor [54]