Dr. Rachel Bedard

And then they're just like, I can't do this.

I don't like it.

A few people have said more in my personal life than in my practice that they thought that they felt low on them, that that made them feel a little bit depressed.

I haven't had that happen in my practice, but that's just to say that there are a bunch of reasons why some people don't tolerate them.

But for people who tolerate them and for whom they work, they're an incredible intervention.

Most of my patients are on like eight to 10 medicines a day.

And for them to be able to take one shot a week, lose weight, improve their diabetes, improve their high blood pressure, improve their high cholesterol, you know, carrying less weight and also have less inflammation in their body so their pain is better, their depression is better.

Like, that's an extraordinary thing to be able to offer them.

It's not everybody's experience, but for people for whom it works, like, it works better than any other single intervention I've ever given someone other than curative ones.

And so...

Like, I'm unbelievably grateful for them, and I'm incredibly excited about them.

You know, like, I think as there's this arms race in developing better, more effective, more targeted GLP-1s, and as we get more and more studies about how to dose them correctly for different conditions, et cetera, et cetera, like, you know, I mean, it already has, but it will absolutely revolutionize primary care practice.

Constantly.

Constantly.

Like, I take, like, an unofficial consult a day.

I mean, I am very GLP-1 supportive.

So, you know, it's case to case.

Like, it's not for everybody.

But I will give you sort of examples of, like, the kinds of things.

Like, you know, I have lots of women in my life.