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36.7% of adults with obesity but without diabetes had a prescription for semaglutide or tirzepatide that lasted less than 32 days.
Practitioners should be aware that a significant portion of patients may not adhere to GLP-1 RA prescriptions.
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36.7% of the sample had a prescription that lasted <32 days (mean, 3.6 days).
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Based on a retrospective cohort study design.
Source
Patterns of Prescription Discontinuation, Reinitiation, and Switching of Subcutaneous Semaglutide and Tirzepatide in Adults With Obesity
Dehshini Ali et al. · Diabetes Obesity and Cardiometabolic CARE · 2026
DOI 10.2337/doc25-0026
cohort · n=9189
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