The potential beneficial effects of semaglutide (and presumably other GLP1R agonizts) in the treatment of CUD deserve attention in that currently there are no approved medications for its treatment [44]
A meta-analysis in 2023 examined 93 clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov that compared GLP-1RAs direct or indirect impact on DR with placebo, insulin, or oral antidiabetic medications (Kapoor et al., 2023)
[1] [3] Some medications, such as chloramphenicol, may interact with B12 therapy
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