This allows patients to naturally eat less without constant hunger or cravings
At SmileCon 2025 Kimberly Sanders, Pharm.D., an educator at the University of North Carolina, delivered a timely session titled, Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: How New diabetes and weight-Loss Medications Impact Care, where she discussed how the latest diabetes and weight-loss medications are reshaping patient care while highlighting what dental professionals need to know
This cycle culminates in OUD, with profound repercussions extending beyond individual health to encompass relationships, work, and overall quality of life
While the two medications are similar in this way, they differ in others
It is typically a secondary indicator of reduced overall fluid intake or mild systemic dehydration, rather than a direct malfunction of the salivary glands caused by the medication itself
The women were separated into five groups, with each group getting a different series of carnitine supplementation (2 or 4 g/d oral L-carnitine) or a placebo