For the patients who qualify and have no contraindications, tirzepatide has the opportunity to be a generational medication that can help people lose weight, reduce the severity of sleep apnea and improve overall health. We still need to emphasize shifting the diet and health habits of many, but this is a fantastic start. Getting tested for sleep apnea is critical for your health, Lu said, and could also be a requirement for getting coverage for the medication
This degree of weight loss is far greater than what was seen with earlier-generation anti-obesity medications and is approaching procedural and surgical level results, says Christopher McGowan, MD , obesity medicine specialist and founder of True You Weight Loss
Concerning glycemic control, after excluding the patient with severe hyperglycemia on oral semaglutide, delta A1c from baseline was still significantly higher with injectable ( 1.1 1.3) than with oral ( 0.5 1.9) formulation
In practice, enforcement varies dramatically