Without approval, the patches should not be seen as a medical treatment or substitute for prescription GLP-1 medications
While What Is Peptide Therapy (article not yet published) will delve deeper into the topic, the basic premise is that peptides can be administered via topical solutions, injections, or oral supplements to trigger cellular responses that help achieve therapeutic goals
GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) medications were originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, but researchers soon discovered that one of their side effects reducing hunger made them highly effective for weight loss
Anderson D, Phillips BJ, Yu T, Edwards AJ, Ayesh R, Butterworth KR: The effect of vitamin C supplementation on biomarkers of oxygen radical generated damage in human volunteers with low or high cholesterol levels
It is released postprandially under vagal control from pancreatic islet PP cells, in proportion to caloric intake