PPIs, in particular, lessen stomach acidity, which can lead to overgrowth of harmful bacteria and reduce the diversity of good bacteria, causing gut dysbiosis
For the 81% of large employer plans that still dont cover GLP-1s for weight loss (based on Mercer 2026 data), Medicare beneficiaries coming off employer plans at 65 are actually better positioned under the new Bridge than their still-working peers
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued specific guidelines around this
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Second, over a decade ago, market access was granted to the first glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) receptor agonist
However, it should also be recognized that it may be difficult to definitively demonstrate whether DPP-4 does play a physiologically relevant role in cleaving some endogenous substrates in vivo because it can be difficult to distinguish between the intact substrate and the truncated metabolite (because assays are not specific or sensitive enough) and/or because it may be difficult to obtain appropriate samples (e.g., from synapses [neurotransmitters] or interstitial fluid [paracrine signallers])