4 August 2022 - Briana Lawson was ready to knock her diabetes into remission. For years, the 47 year old health care consultant had treated her high blood sugar with metformin hydrochloride.

But to avoid a lifetime of medication, she knew she’d need to lose weight. She’d tried fad diets, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, and had even considered surgery when the results didn’t stick. 

When she started reading about GLP-1 receptor agonists — which, last year, became the first new FDA approved chronic weight management drug since 2014 — she was ready to give them a try.

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