Any medication that you can use to achieve that goal prior to pregnancy is going to help because patients with a hemoglobin A1C [of] more than 7, theres a 15% anomaly rate, and most seriously have to do with the heart. So if you look at [the] risks and benefits of a medication versus being in poor control when you get pregnant, youre going to want to use those medications, Dr
Hu K, Zhang X, Zhou L, Li J
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 40(1), 83-89
If youve been trying to lose weight, youve probably heard about GLP-1 medications
Most people start out on the 0.6 mg dose for the first week and increase the dose by 0.6 mg each week
The advancement occurred with the creation of exenatide, originating from exendin-4, a substance found in Gila monster saliva that inherently resisted DPP-4 destruction (Furman 2012)