Importantly, their influence extends to skeletal muscle, where GLP-1 RAs promote glucose uptake via the AMP-activated protein kinase pathway, increase vascular blood flow, and mitigate glucotoxicity, thereby supporting muscle protein synthesis and inhibiting catabolic pathways [14, 15]
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However, rodent studies suggest a link to medullary thyroid cancer, leading to contraindications for individuals with a personal or family history of MEN2A or medullary thyroid cancer [13]
Digestive side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, bloating and burping may gradually improve once treatment is stopped, but this can vary from person to person