“Whiplash”: Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Jumps When People Stop Taking GLP-1s
The more GLP-1s catch on, the more benefits researchers discover. Originally formulated to treat diabetes, the popular weight-loss drugs have been shown to improve kidney health, liver function, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and even dementia and addiction. What happens when you stop taking them, though? We know the weight tends to return, but research published today in BMJ Medicine shows some of the other benefits of GLP-1s vanish as well. “There is enormous exuberance about starting GLP-...
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