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Certain anti-diabetic medications, specifically insulin, can increase body weight, creating a conflict in treating obesity and T2DM simultaneously.
If you are prescribed insulin for diabetes, be aware it can cause weight gain. Discuss weight-neutral or weight-loss promoting alternatives (like GLP-1 agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors, though not explicitly named here, implied by 'anti-obesity drugs') with your doctor if weight management is a priority.
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some anti-diabetic medicines, in contrast, have been shown to increase body weight, such as insulin.
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Well-established clinical fact cited in the review.
Source
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus: connections in epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatments
Rexiati Ruze et al. · Frontiers in Endocrinology · 2023
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2023.1161521
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