These drugs are particularly valuable for patients with obesity-related conditions like metabolic syndrome, prediabetes, or as recently approved, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) the FDA approved tirzepatide in OSA because weight loss led to significant improvement in apnea-hypopnea index and symptom resolutionfda.govfda.gov
Most clinicians recommend starting the new medication at its lowest dose and escalating even if you were on a high dose of the previous medication, because receptor sensitivity and side effect profiles differ
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