Liraglutide and semaglutide are both synthetic analogs of the naturally occurring hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)
Dosing errors with compounded semaglutide have led to hospitalizations for severe nausea, vomiting, dehydration, and pancreatitis
They create beneficial chemicals in the gut that can help reduce inflammation and benefit cardiometabolic health
GLP-1 medications are not approved and generally not effective for type 1 diabetes because the autoimmune destruction of beta cells means there are no functioning insulin-producing cells for GLP-1 to stimulate
Women who remained free from nonfatal myocardial infarction or fatal CHD at the 10-year mark were followed for about 16 more years, during which time researchers identified 386 incident cases of CHD and randomly selected one matched control for each.11 Overall, a greater increase in L-carnitine over the initial 10 years was related to a 36% higher risk of CHD in the subsequent follow-up, regardless of the initial L-carnitine levels
Most side effects improve with time, and many patients find that the overall health benefits of weight loss ultimately enhance their sexual wellbeing and intimate relationships