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This is not medical advice

On The Jab publishes journalism and general health education. Nothing on this site is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and reading it does not create a physician–patient relationship with Dr. Nick Robertson or anyone else associated with this publication.

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These are serious medications

GLP-1 receptor agonists are prescription drugs with real and occasionally severe adverse effects, including pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, bowel obstruction, and, in animal studies, thyroid C-cell tumors. They carry a boxed warning. They interact with other drugs. They are not appropriate for everyone.

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Off-label and compounded products

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Accuracy over time

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