Pernicious anemia occurs more commonly in people who already have diseases that are linked to immune-system abnormalities, such as Graves disease, hypothyroidism (under-functioning thyroid gland), thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid), vitiligo, and Addison's disease (adrenocortical insufficiency)
If they do not, other carriers will follow
Programs from companies like Omada aim to support lifestyle and behavioral changes for patients on those drugs, offering nutrition guidance, education and a team of health coaches and exercise specialists, among other resources, that can help people stay on the drugs longer
Besides possibly reducing infertility associated with PCOS, folic acid may also improve pregnancy outcomes with PCOS
No one knows what ten or twenty years on GLP-1s will look likein real bodies, in everyday lives