Despite this, people with type 2 diabetes tend to lose less weight on a GLP-1 than people who dont have the condition, and for reasons that arent quite clear, says Silvana Obici, MD, chief of the division of endocrinology at Stony Brook Medicine and medical director of the Stony Brook University Hospital Diabetes Center in New York
Aging models Given the close association between diabetes, aging, and neurodegeneration, GLP-1RAs have been tested in in vivo aging models
Although GLP-1 agonists are generally well-tolerated, common side effects include nausea, vomiting, gastroparesis, diarrhea, constipation, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), pancreatitis and thyroid tumors
Whether you are doing an in office injection weekly or at home injections tracking progess is the most effective way to keep the pounds off