It is also helpful for patients who are increasing doses, restarting therapy, switching medications, or trying to maintain results after significant weight loss
The most common include mild nausea (reported by approximately 40% of users), reduced appetite to the point of occasional food aversion, slight fatigue as your body adjusts to lower caloric intake, and occasional digestive changes including softer stools or mild constipation
Some patients may experience gastrointestinal complications like gastroparesis or reflux, and rare risks include pancreatitis or low blood pressure
Intestinal and brain cells contain prohormone convertase 1 (PC1), which is able to cleave proglucagon into Glicentin, Oxyntomodulin, GLP-1, GLP-2 and IP-2, while pancreatic islet cells contain prohormone convertase 2 (PC2), which capable of cleaving proglucagon into Glucagon and MPGF
Talk to your doctor about over-the-counter anti-diarrheal, laxatives, or anti-nausea medications, depending on what side effects youre experiencing
Theyre injected, but a pill form may be available next year