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We typically start patients on a lower dosage to minimize potential side effects and allow for a gradual adjustment to the medication

26,27 Suggestive evidence of hemoglobin A1c-lowering being the cause of the reported worsening with GLP-1/GIP agonists can be derived by comparing the results of two recent retrospective cohort studies assessing retinopathy outcomes between subjects treated with GLP-1/GIP agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors

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Even for beneficiaries with severe obesity and multiple weight-related health conditions, Medicare cannot cover medications prescribed specifically for weight loss