The main practical difference is in dosing
In addition, compounded medications are typically not covered by insurance. Mir Ali, MD, a board-certified general surgeon, bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA, told MNT that while it is usually not harmful to microdose GLP-1 medications, they may be less effective
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For your next dose, just make sure to stick to a fatty tissue area, like your abdomen, thigh, or upper arm
This low bioavailability reduces the chances of interaction with other medications which are being metabolized through the liver or kidneys