The mechanisms differ slightly between medications, but both slow gastric emptying and alter gut hormone signaling in ways that can trigger nausea
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They slow stomach emptying so meals feel more filling for longer, prompt the pancreas to release insulin when blood sugar rises, suppress glucagon (which keeps the liver from dumping extra glucose into the bloodstream), and tend to reduce appetite signaling at the brain level
Insert the needle into the vial and draw up the prescribed dose
This pre-loads histamine receptor blockade so that when mast cells degranulate during injection, the released histamine has fewer receptors to bind