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When you compare this to Mounjaro, where clinical trials have shown patients can lose up to 22.5% of their body weight after 72 weeks, the difference in the level of evidence is significant
GLP-1 stands for glucagon-like peptide-1, which is a hormone your body naturally produces in your gut after you eat
If you're already on a prescription GLP-1 injection and swap to a patch, you could lose your progress and may need to restart from the lowest dose to avoid side effects
If you want to check the science yourself rather than take a clinics word for it, review the peer reviewed medical literature indexed in the National Institutes of Health PubMed Central library explaining why large peptide molecules resist passive absorption through intact skin without specialized delivery systems
The drugs have large molecules that make that very difficult, if not impossible, he notes