I Am Taking a GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medication-What Should I Know?

Farhad Mehrtash; Jody Dushay; JoAnn E Manson

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1133

I Am Taking a GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medication-What Should I Know?

JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Sep 1;185(9):1180. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1133.

Authors

Farhad Mehrtash¹, Jody Dushay², JoAnn E Manson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 40658429
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1133

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Plain language summary

This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes how glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists work and what behaviors to adopt while using them.