IN PRACTICE: The way that I use it in my practice these days is that if I have a patient with chronic pain or with fibromyalgia who has comorbidities that already have an FDA approval for GLP-1 use, such as obesity, diabetes, or obstructive sleep apnea, I would encourage them to go to their primary care physician and maybe consider getting started on a GLP-1, said presenter Nouran Eshak, MB ChB, of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona
For example, if you inject on Sunday mornings, your prefilling session happens Sunday after injection, when you have the vial out and your supplies ready
Rotate injection sites regularly (abdomen, thighs, upper arms) to minimize local irritation and prevent lipohypertrophy
The potential GLP-1 patient population is enormous (estimates suggest ~70100 million U.S
For these reasons, data cannot be made generally available