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A large EHR cohort study found GLP-1 RA users with type 2 diabetes had higher documented smell and taste disturbance risk, though absolute rates were low.
Why now
GLP-1 safety signals are socially viral and need careful absolute-risk framing.
The Tavneos decision is a rare-disease access story and a safety story: regulators questioned the reliability of the main supporting study and whether benefit still clearly outweighed risk.
Why now
A rare-disease drug moved from access story to benefit-risk and trial-integrity story after an EU regulator recommended revocation.
The weight-loss drug boom created a shadow market of compounded GLP-1s, fake labels, telehealth claims, dosing confusion, and patients who may not know what they are actually getting.
Why now
Regulatory warnings and investigations are converging on the same problem: patients cannot always tell what product they are receiving.
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