The exclusion criteria were: females who were pregnant or experiencing a menstrual period, type 2 diabetes treated using an insulin regimen, malignancy, hematopathy, active tuberculosis, peptic ulcer with gastric bleeding, binge-eating disorder, psychiatric disease, congestive heart failure, clinically relevant renal or hepatic insufficiency, unstable coronary artery disease, cancer or a history of cancer
Draft scope post-referral: retatrutide technology appraisal GID-TA11525
Many providers address this by starting patients on 10mg/ml vials and transitioning to 20mg/ml vials once they reach the 10mg dose level
(Long-term cardiovascular outcomes trial that does not gate initial obesity approval but informs any later cardiovascular indication.) Jastreboff AM, Kaplan LM, Frias JP, et al
Soups and soft meals Soup can be helpful because it combines fluid, sodium, protein, and gentle texture
So just because the shortage is over, it doesnt mean that access to these drugs will be more difficult or more expensive, Conti said