While Merrill sees potential for the future of GLP-1 drugs to be helpful outside treating type 2 diabetes and obesity, he also understands the need for more studies
An oral drug for celiac disease is urgently needed, since many patients do not heal despite the gluten free diet. In an editorial published in the same issue of NEJM, Bana Jabri, MD, director of research at the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center, noted that ZED1227 is the first nondietary treatment that has preliminarily shown the capacity to prevent mucosal damage in persons with celiac disease
Given the rarity of the disease, such cause and effect relationships are difficult to prove in clinical registration studies, but rather rely on subsequent large-scale, real-world studies like ours
Some IUDs use hormones (like Mirena or Kyleena), while others are hormone-free and use copper to prevent pregnancy
2 Based on these studies and comprehensive characterization, liraglutide, a 97% homologous of human GLP-1 was discovered
A dose that works for your friend may be too low or too high for you