How GLP-1 Drugs Help Your Whole Body

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Ozempic and similar medications have received widespread attention for the treatment of diabetes and weight loss. There’s also growing research that they may help treat heart disease, sleep apnea, kidney disease, substance use disorder and other conditions. Demand has surged for the medications because of their impressive ability to help people lose weight. But are they right for everyone?

 

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Thread 'Pharma-cise™ in the Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Era'

Dec 6, 2024

Ross Arena, PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, reviews his article appearing in the December 2024 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where he finds promise in the newly emerging medical treatments to address the obesity crisis in the United States, such as with GLP-1 receptor agonists, however, he emphasizes that such treatments should not be the only approach and that clinicians need to prescribe healthy living habits and exercise in conjunction with medical...

• madman
• glp-1; obesity; weight loss; lifestyle
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• Forum: General Peptide Use & Information