You could have a patient with an LDL-C of 100 mg/dL and think they’re in the clear, but if their LDL-P is sky-high, they’re still at risk for plaque formation.

A Lilly spokesperson told Verywell that about 10% of people who start taking Zepbound for the first time enroll in the self-pay program. This includes people who previously used compounded tirzepatide.

Community-based centers with limited resources should identify an on-site clinician to serve as their ‘shock champion’ as well as a center providing advanced heart failure therapies to partner with on complex CS cases.

In the absence of contraindications, metformin should be seriously considered as an off-label initial therapy and as an adjunct to antiobesity medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

It’s not clear what causes leg cramps. But researchers believe some things can trigger cramps, such as: dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, muscle fatigue.

All interventional procedures supported by moderate or low certainty evidence showed little to no pain relief compared with sham procedures.