Number needed to treat of NINE For context, statins have an NNT between 60 and 250 for ASCVD prevention. Let's start treating pre-diabetes just like we do diabetes. It's the least we can do to keep our patients healthy

More secondary outcomes for SUMMIT; tirzepatide reduced circulatory volume–pressure overload and systemic inflammation and mitigated cardiovascular–kidney end-organ injury in patients with HFpEF and #obesity nature.com/articles/s4159…

Tirzepatide notches a win, demonstrating superiority vs. Semaglutide for #weightloss #obesity in SURMOUNT-5 Eli Lilly and Company Novo Nordisk $LLY $NVO investor.lilly.com/news-releases/…

Remember to call your insurance company before any unplanned hospital visits so that your care isn't denied!

Incretin isn't a hormone. It's a class of hormones. GLP 1 and GIP are considered incretin hormones, arguably glucagon is also an incretin depending on who you ask. They stimulate insulin in glucose dependent manner, especially after meals.

Quick update on my Retatrutide study (got back blood tests from Jan.) Start to present/Jan, depending on stat. BMI 48.7 down to 24.5 Weight 349.4lbs to 176lbs (49.6% of start) (cont.)

20-23% weight loss? Did they even look at the phase 2 data for retatrutide? 🤦🤦 Unless this trial is 70% men it's gonna be more like 25-28% weight loss despite being only 68 weeks long

1/ It's almost impossible to convince ideological medical conservatives to change their minds. They will always find some reason to discount a RCT result that goes against their **beliefs**. Main criticism here is that these HF RCT trials only enrolled patients who are

Well there's the next phase 3 Eloralintide trial, Jen Can NuSH Sleep apnea trial. Given the length of time of these trials(75 weeks) seems Lilly is anticipating 15-20% weight loss which would be what's needed for OSA improvements clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07369…

Love our broken health care insurance system. Severe endometriosis with heavy monthly bleeding apparently isn't enough for insurance to cover ferritin and iron/TIBC labs. Absolutely 🤡🤡 show Cigna