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Clinicians should consider several potential concerns during evaluation: Unknown active ingredient source Variable potency or concentration Differences in excipients Sterility concerns for injectable products Dosing inaccuracies Limited stability data Inconsistent patient instructions The FDA has also warned healthcare professionals about compounded products made with salt forms of semaglutide that differ from the approved active ingredient

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Another found that RA patients on DMARDs who also took a GLP-1 (or SGLT2) medication had fewer disease flares pointing again toward a genuine anti-inflammatory benefit, not just weight loss