As optometrists, we must be mindful of any potential adverse effects our patients medications might have on their overall health and/or on their existing health conditions
1 GLP-1 RA=glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist Victoza efficacy and safety data for patients with type 2 diabetes Interested in CV outcomes for patients also with established cardiovascular disease
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The FTO gene variant (rs9939609) influences not just hunger but also circadian rhythm sensitivity, meaning some patients benefit more dramatically from GLP-1's sleep-regulating effects while others experience a gentler transition
TB-500 partially replicates these effects on the active fragment
Another study of 125,474 people with obesity or who are overweight found that almost 47% of those with Type 2 diabetes and nearly 65% of those without diabetes stopped taking GLP-1s within a year a high rate, said Ezekiel Emanuel, a health services researcher at the University of Pennsylvania and senior author of the study