The cardiac benefits of GLP-1 agonists were not anticipated before outcome studies were performed for several reasons: (1) Historical Precedent-past experiences with other diabetes medications that unexpectedly had adverse cardiovascular effects made it less likely for researchers and clinicians to anticipate potential cardiovascular benefits without concrete evidence from large-scale trials
Moreover, the association observed in some epidemiological studies could be sustained by the fact that T2DM and TC could share some common risk factors, such as obesity and increasing age (Kitahara et al., 2020), and TC is often diagnosed incidentally in patients with T2DM due to the performance of screening imaging (such as carotid artery ultrasound), potentially leading to a selection bias ( The second reason why anti-diabetic drugs could be beneficial in TC is that TC cells often display abnormal metabolic pathways that could be sensitive to the specific action of anti-diabetic drugs
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Dr McElnay said that they had received notification of six cases of patients developing acute liver toxicity after injecting medications labelled as retatrutide since January 2026
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Patients with severe renal impairment, a history of pancreatitis, or significant gastrointestinal disease should undergo thorough evaluation before starting retatrutide