With 90% of Englands hospital buildings vulnerable to overheating, and some wards recording temperatures above 30C, even when outdoor temperatures are just 22C 2 , maintaining medicines within their recommended storage conditions is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for an already overstretched pharmacy workforce
For example, people who are older or not very active are more likely to experience sarcopenia, which is the progressive and unintended loss of muscle mass and strength
The former mainly include sulfonylureas, glinides, dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors (DPP-4i), and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), and the latter mainly include biguanides, thiazolidinediones (TZDs), -glucosidase inhibitors, and sodium-glucose cotransport-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i)
It won't match a prescription GLP-1 drug, but it's a legitimate way to lean on the same hormone system
Percentage BMI change over 12 months The overall median percentage reduction in BMI was 2.5% after 0-3 months, 4.5% after 3-6 months, 6.4% after 6-9 months, and 6.3% after 9-12 months ( Figure 2 )