Veterans Affairs (VA) analysis published in JAMA Ophthalmology , semaglutide use was associated with approximately double the risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) compared with SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study followed more than 102,000 patients for up to seven years, making it the most comprehensive assessment so far of this potential association
Any anti-inflammatory benefit tirzepatide provides supplements, not replaces, established autoimmune therapy
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Growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 in growth hormone-deficient little mice
Semaglutide also drives graded increases of the essential secondary messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in Glp1r-expressing AP neurons (AP Glp1r ) through Gs-dependent and -independent manners