The prescribing information for all of these medications states that there is the potential to affect the absorption and efficacy of oral medications, says Dr
And then we also talked about, you know, the animal products if you're vegan vegetarian, try to get some animal products in there, even if it's egg yolks, or if it's a little bit of fish, do your best on that and just try to make it healthy
For example, if I have a patient who has a BMI of 42 and multiple comorbidities, I would lean towards Zepbound, since this patient would benefit from losing at least 20% of their body weight
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