Theyve been around to help people manage type 2 diabetes by mimicking the activity of the GLP-1 hormone
"The FDA regulates brand-name GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) and approves those drugs in very specific doses," says Katy Williams, MD, an MU Health Care family medicine doctor and bariatric medicine specialist
Its complex structure is what gives it its unique biological activity
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The recognition of a role for GLP-1 in the pathophysiology of congenital and acquired hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia has brought forward the possibility of targeting the GLP-1 receptor for the treatment of this condition and promising progress has been made to this end