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With the over 60 group, we have to be even more attentive to medical history not to miss something else. For instance, older adults are often taking different medications for different conditions, which can increase their chances of side effects and medication interactions, according to the However, GLP-1 medications might be specifically appropriate for patients with obesity and are frail with multiple comorbidities, so anesthesia risks associated with anti-obesity procedures are avoided, Batash added
The UK and Netherlands studies utilized the same treatment intensification approach as the present study, whereby patients discontinued initial therapies after HbA1c exceeded 7.5%, but the US and Denmark studies applied a lifetime treatment duration for oral semaglutide and empagliflozin [14, 15, 48, 50]
However, oral digestion may not be as beneficial as IV administration