Last reviewed: June 10, 2026 Last updated: June 10, 2026 Written by: Jay Hastings, CEO of PlexusDx Jay Hastings is the CEO of PlexusDx, a precision health company focused on genetic testing, blood biomarker insights, and personalized wellness recommendations
The study compared patients taking GLP-1 drugs to patients not taking them
Your insurance coverage: GLP-1s can be expensive, so its important to check with your insurance provider to see whats covered
Still, clinical trials are already exploring what doses work best for weight loss with the fewest side effects and how different doses are introduced and increased over time, which gives us helpful clues about how it may eventually be taken
Orskov C, Bersani M, Johnsen AH, Hojrup P, and Holst JJ
A New Era of Chronic Disease Management The expanding therapeutic applications of GLP-1 medications underscore their transformative potential in medicine