Reduce it with therapy, exercise, journaling, and socialization to ease symptoms
Finally, the FAQs clarified that: The FDA considers a compounded drug product to be essentially a copy of a commercially available drug product if the compounded drug product contains the same [active pharmaceutical ingredient] as two or more commercially available drug products in the same, similar, or easily substitutable strength and if the commercially available drug products can be used (regardless of how they are labeled) by the same route of administration prescribed for the compounded drug
Its not the side effect that should guide us, but the overall riskbenefit balance
In the first trial, liraglutide lowered weight by 12 pounds and improved glucose tolerance relative to placebo over 4 months in 103 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (Larsen JR et al, JAMA Psych 2017;74(1):719728)
They are designed to support fat metabolism, energy and weight management goals as part of a broader plan
