MD-Update, a Kentucky and Southern Indiana medical publication, estimated in 2024 that there were about 900,000 Kentuckians, including 29,000 children, with eating disorders

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Its primary patents began expiring in 2024, making it the most accessible molecule for those looking to develop super-generics or fixed-dose combinations in the metabolic space
A lot of people on GLP-1s worry about the same things
And obesity medicine specialists and researchers have known this for a long time