There is no cause-and-effect relationship between prescribing and overdose mortality. But millions of patients are being denied safe and effective pain care.
Seniors over age 62 are prescribed opioids for pain three times more often than youth under age 19. But youth have overdose rates three times higher than seniors. No medical model can explain these demographics.
Source: Richard A Lawhern, PhD, Patient Advocate
Semaglutide has moved beyond its original indication and now sits at the center of a widening set of clinical questions: cardiovascular risk, kidney disease progression, and even neurodegeneration. The question is no longer whether the drug lowers glucose or reduces weight—it does—but how far those effects extend across systems, and whether evidence from one population can be translated into another without distortion. Large, well-powered trials have produced consistent signals, yet those signals are now being applied in contexts that were...
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