Serious side effects: pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, acute kidney injury, hypoglycemia (especially with insulin), severe allergic reactions
Notably, BMI and A1c were similar between cohorts at baseline and follow-up, suggesting the lower rates of nonexudative or any AMD with GLP-1 RAs are not readily explained by weight loss or glycemic control, though residual time-varying mediation cannot be excluded, this studys authors wrote in their paper
Lipid profile: Tesamorelin has also been shown to improve triglyceride and HDL ratios, adding a cardiovascular benefit separate from fat loss
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Intriguingly, theaflavins supplementation robustly counteracted iron overload-induced ferroptosis and subsequent liver damage