A GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for type 2 diabetes and chronic weight management.
Salcaprozate sodium (SNAC) is an FDA GRAS-listed permeation enhancer used in oral semaglutide and vitamin B12 formulations. Although its rapid and reversible membrane-perturbing effects are well recognised, it's in vivo performance is highly variable…
AIMS: To evaluate glycemic control, weight management, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who transitioned to oral semaglutide (OS) after inadequate glycemic control on dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are widely used for managing Type 2 diabetes and obesity, with well-documented and significant cardiometabolic benefits. Recent observational reports and pharmacovigilance data have raised concerns…
Heart failure (HF) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. HF with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-pEF) accounts for up to 50% of all HF cases, being the most common in elderly patients. In addition, these subjects frequentl…
OBJECTIVE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) such as semaglutide (SEM) and tirzepatide (TZP) were initially approved for type 2 diabetes management but are increasingly used for weight loss. Limited data exist on real-world use am…
The development of charge-based self-assembled supramolecules can provide a groundbreaking advancement in the oral delivery of nanoparticles. In this study, we developed a series of positively charged peptide-engineered bile acids (PCBs) for the firs…
Semaglutide (SEM), a long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, affects neural circuits regulating food intake and satiety, and it provides neuroprotective effects; however, SEM may influence psychological functioning, possibly leading to…
PURPOSE: This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness (from the United States [US] societal perspective) of tirzepatide at its maximum-tolerated-dose (MTD) compared to semaglutide (MTD), both administered adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increase…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are widely used for the management of obesity; however, respiratory complications are rarely documented. A 40-year-old person without diabetes with obesity (body mass index [BMI] 36 kg/m) developed ex…
ObjectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy, acceptability, and tolerability of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI).MethodsPubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Libr…
IMPORTANCE: Patients with diabetes and a history of major adverse limb events (MALEs) are at an increased risk of cardiovascular and limb-related complications; however, effective glucose-lowering therapies for secondary prevention in this population…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been shown to exert favorable effects on hepatic biomarkers and liver-related conditions, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. However, the optimal dosa…
Obesity is a multifactorial metabolic condition characterized by dysregulated lipid accumulation and systemic energy imbalance with escalating global prevalence. This chronic disease drives a spectrum of life-threatening comorbidities, including meta…
BACKGROUND: Health Canada is proposing to use decisions by foreign regulators in approving new drugs to speed up their marketing. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the length of gaps in submissions to and approvals by Health Canada compared to the Food and…
An important part of the field of experimental pharmacology encompasses the study of the effects of molecules in animals. In the case of Parkinson's disease (PD), animal models have played an invaluable role in refining our understanding of the disea…
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are chronic immune-mediated diseases often associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), initially developed…
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are well-known medications commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes management and pharmacologic management of obesity. While GLP-1 RAs have many positive effects on glycemic control and cardiovasc…
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the addition of GLP-1RA to progestin therapy reduced the risk of hysterectomy in patients with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN) and endometrial cancer (EC) in the U.S. managed with fertility-sparing managemen…
AIMS: Pharmacotherapy for metabolic associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is reserved for steatohepatitis (MASH) with moderate Fibrosis Grades 2-3. Randomised controlled trials (RCT) of clinically available medications with biopsy data were eval…