Following landmark decisions in 2025, including World Health Organization guidelines recommending GLP1 receptor agonists for obesity and their inclusion on the WHO Essential Medicines List for people living with obesity and cardiometabolic disease, the focus now shifts to how these advances translate into realworld impact
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Other Side Effects: Some less common effects (around 2-5%) include dizziness, fatigue, mild nasal congestion or cough, and injection site itching
Direct-to-consumer options for certain prescription drugs offer cash-pay customers lower prices but preserve inequities in the healthcare system
While these medications don't directly damage eye structures, clinical evidence shows they may worsen diabetic retinopathy in specific circumstancesparticularly when patients with pre-existing retinal disease experience rapid blood sugar improvements