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Tirzepatide for treatment of postbariatric hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a report of 3 cases.

Milosavljevic J, Meyer C, Levine JA, et al. JCEM case reports. 2026.
Weak / noneCase reportMentions: Tirzepatide

Editor's note

A three-patient case series, so this sits low on the evidence ladder, but postbariatric hypoglycemia has few good options and the use of continuous glucose metrics (time in range, variability) gives the observations some objectivity. It is also mechanistically counterintuitive — incretin agonism might be expected to worsen post-meal insulin surges, not blunt them — which makes the finding worth flagging. Controlled studies and dosing work are needed, as the authors acknowledge.

Plain-language abstract

Three patients with recurring low blood sugar after gastric bypass surgery — a condition where diet changes and standard drugs had fallen short — had fewer and milder hypoglycemic episodes and steadier glucose after starting tirzepatide.