WebMD7d
New Guidance for Patients Taking GLP-1 Drugs Before Surgery
As the FDA issues a new warning about aspiration across all GLP-1 weight loss drugs, doctor groups are giving new ...
Medscape13d
GLP-1 RAs Safe in the Perioperative Period: New Guidance
The new guidance, contrasting with earlier recommendations, says these incrementally used agents can be taken up until the ...
EurekAlert!21d
Most patients can continue GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs before surgery
Most patients may continue to safely take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as prescribed before undergoing elective surgery and ... should follow a liquid diet for 24 hours ...
Intake reduction and pre-surgery body weight explain efficacy of weight loss surgery, study shows
Bariatric surgery is a ... or not—to promote weight loss after surgery, researchers assigned different diets to two groups of ...
5 important questions to ask your doctor before considering Bariatric Surgery for weight loss
In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Sudhir Jadhav, Consultant - Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Manipal ...
U.S. News & World Report20d
Most Patients Can Keep Using GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds Before Surgeries
The guidance points out that any risk for food regurgitation can be minimized by having patients follow a liquid-only diet for 24 hours before their surgery, especially for folks on higher doses ...
News Medical1mon
Cost-effectiveness of combining weight loss drugs and surgery
A study from Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine in Indianapolis found that the use of GLP-1 RA in the year before bariatric surgery has increased more than threefold since 2018 -; from 8% ...