Once a vial is mixed it needs to stay cold, so keep reconstituted vials with an ice pack and refrigerate on arrival
Communicate with Your Healthcare Provider Lastly, open communication with your healthcare provider is essential
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Tirzepatide tends to be the better fit when: the goal is more significant weight loss (15 percent or more of body weight), the patient has type 2 diabetes with A1C above target on prior therapies, prior single-pathway GLP-1 use produced limited results, or the patient tolerated GLP-1s reasonably well and wants a stronger next step
Trina Wilcox: If someone starts looking into these, how do they know which one of those is going to be most beneficial for their weight loss, their journey, what other medications they're on for their arthritis
What actually matters in a clinical decision is how those differences play out in real patients