It is intended for use in adults with obesity or overweight individuals who have at least one weight-related comorbidity
While they are powerful tools for weight loss, there's a fine line between benefit and risk
In a 12-week study in NAFLD patients, every-other-weekly administration of up to 100 mg BFKB8488A, the highest adequately tolerated dose, reduced liver fat by about 40%, serum triglycerides and Pro-C3 by up to 25 to 30% from baseline, while increasing adiponectin by up to 40% and HDL-cholesterol by up to 20% (301)
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This is an off label use
Finally, the lack of detailed reasons for redialysis or mortality also constrains the depth of our outcome analysis, In summary, our observations suggest that GLP-1 RAs may be associated with a reduction in the risk of mortality, MACEs, and MAKEs in patients with type 2 diabetes following severe AKI, over a median follow-up of 2.3 years