As scientists continue to push forward with new drugs and grapple with questions about what exactly these drugs are doing, Jakicic hopes that everyone remembers one important truth: Muscle health is very different from muscle volume. When voluntarily losing weight, the goal should not be to preserve muscle mass entirely, but rather to limit unnecessary muscle loss and improve muscle function
Several indirect mechanisms may explain why some individuals experience increased thirst while taking GLP-1 medications, even though thirst is not a direct pharmacologic effect of these agents
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And women on GLP-1 medications face a specific nutritional risk profile: reduced iron intake from smaller meal volumes compounding pre-existing deficiency, which is more common in menstruating women to begin with (Urbina et al., 2026, 480,825 adults)
For instance, in the DURATION-8 trial [36], once-weekly exenatide in combination with once-daily dapagliflozin did not lead to major hypoglycemia episodes over 104 weeks of treatment, with few events of minor hypoglycemia (1.7%)
My Prediction: Where This Is Headed I expect GLP-1 receptor agonists to remain on the WADA monitoring list through at least 2027