Self-prescribing unlicensed peptides carries real and potentially serious health risks
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Even though they are FDA approved, cost remains prohibitive for many patients. If the pill costs a lot less out-of-pocket than injected GLP-1 drugs, this may lead more people to choose it even though it may not produce as much weight loss, says Clifford Rosen, MD, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and the associate director of the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Scarborough
303 Interestingly, intracerebroventricular administration of GLP-1 did not inhibit feeding in GLP-1R knockout mice but did in wild-type mice, suggesting that GLP-1R signalling mediates satiety, although no evidence for abnormal body weight or feeding behaviour was reported in GLP-1R knockout mice
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