Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF, executive director for research at Providence Health Care and professor of medicine in the nephrology division at the Institute of Translational Health Sciences at the University of Washington, wrote that the novel concept of combining a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide with a GLP-1 receptor agonist takes incretin therapeutic agents to a new level. In principle, treatment with a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and a GLP-1 receptor agonist together would augment glucose lowering while providing defense against hypoglycemia, Tuttle wrote
Walter adds that these conversations matter because the GLP-1 landscape is evolving fast from clinical obesity treatment to more nuanced, personalized wellness strategies
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Clinical studies, including the STEP 1 extension trial with semaglutide 2.4 mg, have shown that patients often regain a significant proportion of weight lost during GLP-1 therapy, typically over several months