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The other complicating factor can be patients who really cant afford to lose weight (yes this is a real factor in some patients a rarity - but common in my patients) - so there we need to go with a less potent GLP and then look at Rx of Trulicity, but then dose splitting to keep costs down, and still give a decent brain level