does semaglutide lower your blood sugar is a FDA-approved GLP-1 receptor agonist used to improve control in type 2 diabetes (Ozempic, Rybelsus) and for chronic weight management (Wegovy). It mimics a hormone that stimulates insulin How does Semaglutide actually work?

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38 In a nationwide cohort study of 120,054 patients with type 2 diabetes with a median follow up of 7.4 years, there was an 11% reduction in the rate of dementia when GLP-1 receptor agonists were used as a second-line treatment compared with other glucose-lowering therapies and the risk reduced with increasing duration of GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure (liraglutide in 95% of patients)

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