Nuzzo D, Baldassano S, Amato A, Picone P, Galizzi G, Caldara GF, et al
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These medications significantly reduce hunger, cravings, and food-related thoughts
Monitor when co-administering with oral drugs requiring rapid absorption
To determine whether there might be a relationship between weight loss medication use immediately before or during pregnancy and various maternal and neonatal outcomes, we compared the rates of preterm delivery, high birth weight, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, and diagnoses of failure to thrive or congenital heart defect for babies born to mothers prescribed phentermine or a GLP-1 medication in the 90 days before pregnancy or during the first trimester to those with no documented weight loss medication exposure during pregnancy