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Emphasizing the medical necessity of these drugs for patients with diabetes can help reframe the public narrative
This is a natural biological response as the body attempts to defend its set point. Because tirzepatide interacts with an additional hormone receptor (GIP), it can sometimes provide the necessary metabolic nudge to overcome a plateau that occurred on semaglutide
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A 2025 letter in Diabetes Care noted that microdose strategies may suit individual circumstances but cannot yet be generalized, and the American Diabetes Association has declined to endorse compounded formulations