Tirzepatide works by targeting the dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, making it the first weight loss and diabetes care medication that targets 2 receptor agonists
Your provider should assess whether GLP-1 fits your overall treatment landscape and baseline clinical status
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While beneficial effects are observed when compounds trigger bias at the GLP-1R towards G protein signalling ( Genetic variation at the incretin receptors The most direct answer to why people fail to respond to incretin therapies is that they might express non-functional incretin receptors
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