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Together, these developments represent the sharpest acceleration in the treatment of obesity that American public health has witnessed in decades

If a 3% reduction in baseline body weight is not observed after 12 weeks, the dosage can be escalated to 11.25/69 mg for an additional 14 days and subsequently increased to 15/92 mg daily

So the weight gain reflects a biological shift, which is why the same diet and exercise that worked before often stop working and a different strategy is needed

Likewise, Medicaid gross spending on GLP-1s increased from nearly $1 billion in 2019 to $8.6 billion 2024.

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