Moderate (The "Mush & Push") Symptom: You're backed up, uncomfortable, and the stool feels hard
Stephanie Morales, a 40-year-old who lives in Wisconsin, had previously taken a GLP-1 shot for weight loss and experienced success, but her prescription was expensive and she worried about being dependent on the medication
Physical activity and exercise are important to maintain muscle mass and for increased cardiorespiratory fitness, Kushner says
At the same time, new data on retatrutide shows powerful results for people with type 2 diabetes, while drug companies are already developing next-generation therapies beyond GLP-1s
Essentially these patients are guinea pigs, both on the efficacy side and the safety side, said Reshma Ramachandran, a health services researcher and clinician at the Yale School of Medicine