Stopping treatment with weight loss medications is associated with gradual weight gain and a loss of earlier improvements in heart and metabolic health, according to new research published by The BMJ
Its the reason why Ive been able to get some of my patients off insulin, said first author Christopher Scannell, a physician and postdoctoral researcher at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics
It is the first major trial to directly compare these two medications at their maximum tolerated doses
They found that intestinal flora may mediate the release of the intestinal hormone GLP-1 through the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-GPCR pathway, thereby increasing satiety and slowing gastric emptying, ultimately reducing obesity
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