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In addition, compounded medications are typically not covered by insurance. Mir Ali, MD, a board-certified general surgeon, bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA, told MNT that while it is usually not harmful to microdose GLP-1 medications, they may be less effective
To date, it's fair to say that there is no high-quality evidence that over-the-counter GLP-1 mimicking supplements cause significant weight loss, and certainly nothing comparable to the results seen with prescription GLP-1 medications," says Metzgar
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