If the drugs are directly both improving weight reduction and cancer reduction, then we need to double down. Ganta wonders the same thing about the drugs apparent positive effects on several conditions, from dementia to sleep apnea: Is it that obesity is causing or contributing to the problem [and that weight loss is causing the improvement], or is the medication directly having an impact through a different mechanism? She hopes there will be more research to parse this out in the years to come
Huang S, Ma S, Ning M, Yang W, Ye Y, Zhang L, et al
GLP1 receptor agonists (like Semaglutide & Tirzepatide) mimic a gut hormone to curb appetite, support blood sugar control, and promote fat lossclinically shown to reduce body weight by 1522%
Microdosing GLP-1 medications lacks clinical evidence, meaning doctors dont have enough reliable data to confirm whether lower than approved doses are effective
The most common of these are anxiety and/or depression