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The FORTRESS study found an excess risk of 1.5 (95% CI = -1.1 to 4.1) oral cleft cases per 1,000 infants exposed to topiramate during the first trimester
The magnitude of the before and after difference is driven by baseline IGF-1, age, lifestyle support, and protocol consistency, not by the dose alone
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(GLP-1 actually stands for glucagon-like peptide-1.) According to longevity doctor Michael Aziz, author of The Ageless Revolution, a peptide is basically a short chain of amino acids that are connected together. And there are over 30 amino acids that the FDA considers peptides plus many more that are not yet recognized by the FDA
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085304.