So in controlling blood sugar and reducing fat in the body, GLP-1 medications can make ovulation more predictable, which means that people then may get pregnant sooner than expected, says Kimberly Sampson-Paine, MD, a double board-certified ob-gyn and obesity medicine specialist at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
It can also help to protect your skin from sun damage and pollution
The drug, an injectable semaglutide, was first approved by the FDA in 2017
These results suggest the peptide may influence hepatic stellate cell activation, the primary driver of liver fibrosis
Nevertheless, as the simultaneous activation of GLP-1 and GIP receptors in preclinical models results in greater WL and glucose-lowering efficacy compared to activation of each receptor alone [38,39,40], the interest for the development of unimolecular GLP-1 and GIP RA was increased, despite that this additive effect in food intake and glycaemia was not observed in some acute clinical studies [41, 42]