The body-composition research on this class of drug suggests lean-mass loss is not unusually high, and these habits push the odds further in your favor
But for those of us who specialize in metabolic psychiatry, who see patients with both obesity and mental health conditions, who understand the bidirectional relationships between these systems, GLP-1 medications are a valuable tool we should have available
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), initially discovered in the 1980s, has multifaceted functions in regulating glucose homeostasis, appetite, gastric emptying, and body weight [4]
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The second analysis matched people using a GLP-1 and no metformin, 1:1, with those using metformin and no GLP-1