As summer approaches and more patients pursue medically supervised weight loss with medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, were seeing an increasing concern about body contour changes and skin laxity
Coffin, the lead researcher on the methamphetamine-addiction study, said that because the GLP-1 drug is designed to satiate, it can take away that need to always be trying to fill a hole inside of you. The theory has already shown initial promise in alcohol-addiction treatment, which is also being researched at UCSF
GIP promotes fat storage and can be more effective than GLP-1 in certain ways
Men with pre-existing hypogonadism (low testosterone) or infertility should pursue formal fertility assessment and urologic evaluation before starting GLP-1 therapy, as underlying conditionsnot the medicationwould be the primary concern
Incretin therapies: highlighting common features and differences in the modes of action of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors