Science Spotlight: A 2026 Discovery on Gut Microbes and GLP-1 Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic recently identified a new way gut bacteria influence this system
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Right now, just around 6% of American adults are taking GLP-1s, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, or about the same percentage of Americans who have any kind of allergy, according to the Centers for Disease Control (6.2%)
Patients experiencing active nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea should increase intake to compensate for fluid losses
While this is a key research area, we propose that further investigations should verify whether GLP-1RAs may also affect cognitive and behavioral symptoms seen in psychosis, as suggested by their potential to influence neurobiological (for example, immune function) and neuropsychological (for example, reward) mechanisms that are known to be disrupted in psychotic illness