As prescribing continues to rise, awareness of GLP-1 dermatologic effects ensures safer therapy and more confident patient counseling
"Then I get questions when I see my patients who have stopped getting results from the current medications and want to optimise their care, asking to go on this medication." In March, the TGA issued a safety warning about counterfeit weight loss drugs, advising people stick to approved, prescription weight loss medicines
The numbers are definitely impressive, says Richard Siegel, MD, an endocrinologist at Tufts Medicine Weight and Wellness clinic in Stoneham, Massachusetts who was not involved with the new research
It found a higher risk of incident psoriasis with GLP-1 receptor agonists (HR 1.19, 95% CI 1.111.28), lower risks of pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid, and no significant differences for other inflammatory or autoimmune skin outcomes after correction for multiple testing
GLP-1 receptor agonists have achieved progressively elevated positioning in treatment guidelines
Your body is adjusting to increasing levels of GLP-1 receptor activation, and the first few days after each dose increase tend to be the roughest