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When starting GLP-1 R agonist therapy for weight loss purposes, how do you counsel patients on duration of treatment therapy?

A recent study suggests higher risk of new onset rheumatoid arthritis with short term GLP-1 R agonist therapy.
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How do you counsel patients on the duration of GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy when used for weight loss?

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Endocrinology · Emory University School of Medicine
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I counsel people that I expect this to be lifelong therapy (similar to how we don't stop blood pressure medications when blood pressure comes down to normal on them because it will go back up, we don't stop GLP1RA when we get to our weight goals, as our weight will go back up when they are stopped)....

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