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For patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, injectable agents with proven outcome data may still be preferred
They are not a quick-fix solution on their own
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With regard to long-acting GLP-1RAs, there are now four contenders (five if dulaglutide is included) with definite or probable cardiovascular benefit (Figure 1), but from these, as 2019 dawns and semaglutide is available to be prescribed in the UK, this GLP-1RA may well be the first choice to be considered