Some individuals choose to explore telehealth weight management programs that connect patients with licensed providers who can evaluate eligibility for medications like semaglutide and help create personalized treatment plans
However, early evidence suggests potential renal benefits
5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study
It was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 6,068 subjects with type 2 diabetes and a recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event
Filomeni G, Rotilio G, Ciriolo MR
An additional SCALE study confirmed that finding, recording an average weight loss of about 6% after 56 weeks of taking liraglutide