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New England Journal of Medicine , 2023

If pancreatitis is suspected during GLP-1 agonist treatment, the medication should be stopped immediately as directed in the SmPC

Interestingly, one meta-analysis of RCTs, encompassing 38 studies and 39,795 patients with T2D, found that fractures occurred in 241 patients (107 patients in the GLP-1 Ra group and 134 patients in the control group)

For weight loss indications, this usually means demonstrating at least a 5% reduction in total body weight

464 Notably, the carotid body expresses GLP-1R, which is implicated in the concurrent regulation of blood pressure and blood glucose
