All GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 drugs must be used in combination with other tactics to support metabolic health so you can sustain your body weight reductions
While regulatory agency-approved peptides are available through pharmacies, unregulated ones are made available to the public through grey marketsa legal and regulatory grey zoneincluding e-commerce platforms, compounding pharmacies (in the US), and wellness clinics
This means that even if you fall from the top 90% to the bottom 10% for a particular marker, it could still be considered "normal." At Next Health, we take a different approach
If patients begin experiencing adverse outcomes from improperly prescribed GLP-1 medications, both the telehealth providers and uninformed PCPs are likely see a spike in medical negligence claims for inadequate medical oversight, failure to monitor comorbidities and side effects, improper patient selection, drug interaction, or inappropriate discontinuation of treatment
Preclinical studies have shown that after 12 weeks of using IGF-1 LR3 (0.8 mg/kg/d) in obese rats, liver fat content increased by 35% and serum TG levels increased by 50%