SURPASS-CVOT compared once-weekly tirzepatide with dulaglutide in adults with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk, showing a 9% relative risk reduction in MACE (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.01)
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The study looked back on their health records for up to three years, beginning when they started taking either a GLP-1 receptor agonist most commonly semaglutide, liraglutide or dulaglutide or another type of medication, called an SGLT2 inhibitor, to treat their diabetes
Contraindications include personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, pregnancy, severe kidney or liver disease, and active diabetic retinopathy