Keep your eyes peeled for: Proposed rule changes: There was a proposal to reinterpret the Medicare exclusion for anti-obesity drugs so that obesity itself (not just when comorbid with another condition) might be considered a medically accepted indication. But that change was not finalized in April 2025
Safety-wise, no serious adverse events have been reported in short-term use, but long-term data is lacking 4
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Thus, replenishment of metabolic intermediates via the TCA cycle is vital to cancer cells, making them reliant on glutamine, a phenomenon called anaplerosis 8
This raises the question: does taking glutathione on an empty stomach improve its absorption