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Long-term cardiovascular outcome data for recent anti-obesity medications remain inconclusive or lacking.
Practitioners should be cautious and consider the lack of long-term data when prescribing these medications.
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Their cardiometabolic benefits are modest, and long-term cardiovascular outcome data remain inconclusive or still lacking.
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Cardiovascular effects of anti-obesity medications: the perils and promise
Haoyi Zheng · Cardiology Plus · 2025
DOI 10.1097/cp9.0000000000000114
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