2017 meta-analysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials showed that ALCAR supplementation significantly decreased depressive symptoms compared to placebo (standardized mean difference 1.10, 95% CI 1.65 to 0.56), with effects comparable to established antidepressants like fluoxetine, particularly in older adults or those with treatment-resistant depression [5][30]
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This means that each country decides: Who can get the medicine How doctors are allowed to prescribe it If public healthcare will help pay for it How easy it is to get the medicine (supply) Due to this, obtaining GLP-1 medicines for weight loss in Europe can be a confusing process
Restriction to English-language publications and the fact that all included studies were conducted in the United States limit the external validity of the results due to lack of ethnic diversity, differences in healthcare systems, and geographic generalisability
Liraglutide had the highest severe rate of gastrointestinal AEs (23.31%), while dulaglutide had the lowest, with a severe rate of 12.29%
The target market was valued at USD 45.3 billion in 2024