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Compounded Weight Loss Medications: What are They and What are Their Risks?

Jack Mountain, PharmD
March 18, 2025
Over the past few years, weight loss medications have become very popular, thanks in part to a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs). GLP-1RAs like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide...

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