Many peptides lack stability and must be administered subcutaneously
The parent compound, Nle-AngIV, demonstrated an exceedingly short half-life of less than 2 minutes
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Along with the presence of high- and low-abundant microbes, the maintenance of the intestinal epithelial barrier is further maintained by critical players, including immune cells (mononuclear macrophages, T-cells, and innate lymphoid cells), enteric glial cells (EGCs), and the intrinsic/extrinsic enteric-associated-neurons (iEANs/eEANs) of the ENS (Muller et al., 2020b)
The clearest evidence comes from SURMOUNT-4, where adults who had lost an average of 20.9% on Mounjaro over 36 weeks were then either continued on the drug or switched to placebo for another year
However, it's not without its drawbacks, including slower motility and an increased risk of SIBO and other digestive complications