Put simply, it is something many of our cells use to carry out a variety of jobs
GLP-1 enhances insulin secretion, which helps regulate blood sugar levels, therefore stabilizing sugar and carb cravings, explains Michael Glickman, MD, a board-certified obesity medicine physician in Washington, DC
These medications also slow the movement of food from your stomach into your small intestine, which helps you to get full faster and stay full longer, making you not want to eat as much or as often as normal
People taking other medications Both semaglutide and tirzepatide slow gastric emptying, which affects the absorption of oral medications
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