Of note, in the STEP 1 extension trial, participants regained roughly two-thirds of their lost weight within a year of stopping semaglutide, and improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose largely reversed
The Limitations You Should Know: Dependency, Cost, and Side Effects Despite benefits, GLP-1 medications present challenges such as dependency, rebound weight gain upon stopping treatments, high costs especially in emerging markets, and side effects like nausea or digestive discomfort
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1 and 2) (see Supplementary Material for Clinical Takeaways)