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First approved to treat type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 based drugs are now used to aid weight loss in obesity and to help lower the risk of heart failure and treat obstructive sleep apnea, a common breathing-related sleep disorder, in people with obesity

Exenatide reduces infarct size and improves cardiac function in a porcine model of ischemia and reperfusion injury

This data-driven approach may improve communication with insurers and clarify why GLP-1 therapy addresses your underlying biology

Side Effects In a meta-analysis of 51 randomized controlled trials involving 24,371 patients it was noted that the frequency of side effects was similar with high dose and low dose SGLT-2 inhibitors (209)