This often resembles telogen effluvium, a temporary shedding pattern that can follow rapid weight loss, illness, surgery, childbirth, crash dieting or nutritional stress
Box 1: Recent Trump Administration Obesity Drug Initiatives In November 2025, the Trump administration announced reaching a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the cost of their GLP-1s for Medicare, Medicaid, and those purchasing the drugs directly from the manufacturers through a new TrumpRx website
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Among them, budesonide is a trusted corticosteroid that targets the GI tract directly, making it a common option when minimizing systemic side effects is a priority
Efficacy-wise, AOD-9604 produces modest results (2-3 kg over 12 weeks in trials) compared to GLP-1 agonists dramatic weight loss
[1] Beyond its well-known utility in peripheral nerve block and infiltration anesthesia, lidocaine injection is routinely used intravenously to blunt the sympathetic response to laryngoscopy, to supplement multimodal analgesia in gastrointestinal surgery
