Serious side effects could involve high blood pressure and increased blood sugar levels
In a large Blue Cross Blue Shield claims database, only about 42% of those prescribed the medications stayed on them beyond the 12 weeks required to achieve clinically meaningful weight loss, even as the number of prescriptions written to Blues enrollees soared from 20,000 in 2022 to 100,000 in 2023, reported Blue Health Intelligence, a unit of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and 17 of the nation's Blues plans
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This news is already significant to the heart health category at a time when interest in conservative approaches to managing heart health is building
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