Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am (2014) 43:4157
FDA approval does not mean the medicine is risk-free for everyone
Most patients begin seeing noticeable changes in appetite, energy levels, and weight loss within weeks
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To determine the site of action in the brain that GLP-1 and Gcg coagonism may be occurring, one group examined c-fos induction upon co-injection of GLP-1 and Gcg (Parker et al., 2013)
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