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Hair thinning Some GLP-1 users report hair thinning during aggressive weight loss phases
Additionally, MSCs are self-replicating, which is important because if stem cells were used to treat a tendon injury, the cells would not only differentiate into tendon cells, but they would replicate to increase the effectiveness of the therapy
While these drugs were not initially approved for weight management, a small proportion of patients were using them to support weight loss, with doctors prescribing these off-label (off-label prescribing is where a drug is prescribed for a reason other than the one it is licensed for) in these cases, GLP-1RAs were given to people without diabetes but with a high body mass index (BMI)