23 These symptoms can be severe in some patients, resulting in a pause of dose escalation, and if intolerable GI symptoms continue, a dose adjustment to the previous lower dose or a switch to an alternative GLP-1 RA should be considered
MOS has displayed a plethora of bioactivities such as antioxidant 11, anti-inflammatory 12 , antimicrobial 13 , antiviral 14 , liver-protective 15 , anti-diabetic 16 , antitumor 17 , and cardio-protective activities 18
Jeffrey Lee, MD, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of JL Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA, who was not involved in the study, spoke to Healthline about these hidden side effects, why they may occur, and what people may misunderstand about GLP-1s from social media posts
GLP-1 medications are undeniably powerful, but theyre not the entire story
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