Unfortunately, veterinary application, trials, and research in dogs are still 510 years behind human medicine, but interest in the field is rapidly accelerating
(2) GLP-1RAs can also induce Tregs and microglia to secrete IL-10, which further promote microglia to secrete chemokines (Ccl2, Ccl7, and Cxcl10) and IGF-1
But unlike approved peptides used in medicine, such as insulin and GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Health Canada tells CBC "unauthorized peptide products sold for wellness purposes have not been assessed for safety, quality or effectiveness." And yet, CBC News found doctors promoting and prescribing a popular unauthorized peptide called Body Protection Compound-157 (BPC-157) that is touted to help accelerate muscle growth and tissue repair
For people with clinical obesity, the kind that's harming their health, Kushner's message is close to unequivocal: they work, they're disease-modifying, and the lifelong framing is a feature, not a bug