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One user referenced using the patch to get their favorite shorts out of retirement, with the caption: Dont waste your $$ on the [shot emoji]. Another creator promoting the patches wrote in overlaid text, See yall in a month with no waist [hourglass emoji]. Most concerningly, one sponsored post seemingly encouraged breastfeeding mothers to use GLP-1 patches as an alternative to injectable GLP-1 agonists, writing, POV: your a breastfeeding mom who wants to be snatched but cant use those sharp things once a week. (Kind Patches website warns consumers to not use GLP-1 patches if they are pregnant or nursing.)
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Given the theoretical cancer concern (disrupting senescence surveillance) and absence of human pharmacokinetic data, caution is warranted
It amplifies the potential of tumors to form new tumors, spread to other parts of the body, resist radiation (53) and chemotherapy effects, and confer stem celllike characteristics
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