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It represents a broader industry shift toward oral metabolic therapies with comparable clinical impact to injectables

This absence of IGF-1 stimulation is critical for appetite neutrality because IGF-1 has known effects on hypothalamic neuropeptide expression, including alterations to neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP), both potent appetite stimulators

While this is part of what makes them effective for weight management, it also means the digestive process takes longer and bowel movements can become less frequent

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This is based on the assumption that increasing bicarbonate levels may help lower potassium by increasing its cellular uptake (Hirsch & Emmett, 2024b)