The GLP-1 class of drugs isnt recommended if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer or multiple endocrine neoplasia
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Ongoing use of weight management medications supports normalization of these hormones and aids long-term weight maintenance, Dawkins adds
In some cases, clinicians may choose this approach when rapid therapeutic benefit is needed, but it is always paired with careful monitoring because the risk of GI events is higher with faster dose increments
Based on this finding, two incretin-based medications were developed: (1) DPP-4 inhibitors that increase the concentration of GLP-1 by inhibiting it [22], and (2) GLP-1RAs, which act directly on the GLP-1 receptor [23]