8 Societal changes driven by uptake of GLP-1 weight loss medications The sweeping changes in food preference and appetite brought on by GLP-1RA pharmacotherapies are producing extensive downstream effects that reach beyond the individual, shaping broader cultural, social, and economic landscapes
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1 It is a prescription medication
Both Nirchi and Long point to things like nausea and constipation, particularly when starting the drugs or titrating up to a higher dose (but for them, the benefits have outweighed the downsides)
Though this peptide structurally resembles GLP-1, and is encoded by proglucagon, crucially, it is resistant to DPP-4 mediated breakdown ( Figure 2 )