This hormone plays a central role in blood sugar regulation, appetite control, and gastric emptying
2 In what states do you prescribe compounded GLP-1/GIP injections
It slows stomach emptying, which can affect how your body absorbs oral drugs, including birth control pills
Based on previous studies done in mice, researchers observed that GLP-1 agonists/DPP-4 inhibitors work to reduce inflammation in the gut, so they proposed that the same mechanism may occur in humans (5, 6)
Contraindications include personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN 2 syndrome, pancreatitis history, severe GI or kidney disease, pregnancy, and breastfeeding
It works by suppressing appetite and is taken as a weekly injection, with the dose gradually increasing over weeks