With increasing frequency over the past few years, optometrists across the country have gotten referrals from internists requesting baseline diabetic retinopathy (DR) screenings for patients about to start therapy with one of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonists such as semaglutide (Ozempic, Novo Nordisk), tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Eli Lilly) and dulaglutide (Trulicity, Eli Lilly
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News Release January 23, 2020 We Found the Best Dark Chocolates and Cocoas With the Least Contamination White Plains, New York, January 23, 2020 Dark chocolate and cocoa contain antioxidant flavanols that may be good for the heart and mind, but they can also contain high levels of the heavy metal cadmium, which is toxic to kidneys and can soften bones
These are signs that the glucagon receptor is doing its job, not signs of a problem