My dad had a heart attack and now I am terrified - will GLP-1 help? — looking for input

From the other side of the consultation, briefly.

Metabolic syndrome resolution on cardiovascular risk: I went from meeting 3 of 5 diagnostic criteria to meeting ZERO after 11 months of treatment.

The 5 criteria (and my journey):

1. Waist circumference: 50" → 36" ✅ Resolved
2. Triglycerides: 270 → 95 ✅ Resolved
3. HDL: 34 → 52 ✅ Resolved
4. Blood pressure: 140/92 → 118/72 ✅ Resolved
5. Fasting glucose: 120 → 86 ✅ Resolved

Metabolic syndrome reversal is, in my view, the most medically significant outcome of GLP-1 therapy.

BariatricNurseD said:

Metabolic syndrome resolution on cardiovascular risk: I went from meeting 3 of 5 diagnostic criteria to meeting ZERO after 11 months of treatment.

Mine went the same way, slower. The detail I would add is minor and it is already implied above.

BariatricNurseD said:

Metabolic syndrome resolution on cardiovascular risk: I went from meeting 3 of 5 diagnostic criteria to meeting ZERO after 11 months of treatment.

Coming at BariatricNurseD’s question from a different direction. It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any. If nothing would, the discussion is not about evidence, and it is better to say so early than to spend nine posts discovering it.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Give anything pharmacological four weeks before you judge it, and give anything measured weekly a four-point rolling average before you call it a trend.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

One thing that is still open after BariatricNurseD’s answer:

How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?