Dec 2022;15(12):2200-2213
Its another reason why GLP-1 therapy, like all endocrine care, benefits from a personalized, integrated, and common-sense approach
Research Frontier New & Potential Future Treatments The relationship between GLP-1 medications and hair is an active area of dermatologic research, and the picture is more nuanced than "GLP-1 causes hair loss." Interestingly, several case reports have also described hair regrowth or stabilization in patients on GLP-1 therapy, particularly when hair loss was originally driven by insulin resistance or metabolic dysfunction, since improved glycemic control can, in some patients, benefit certain hair loss subtypes such as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) and androgenetic alopecia
Many researchers report struggling to eat enough of anything, let alone hitting specific macronutrient targets
While the most accurate way to assess gastric emptying is by nuclear scintigraphy, the use of GUS has been offered as an inexpensive and effective way to help determine RGC, yet the lack of studies using ultrasound to assess gastric emptying in patients currently on a GLP-1 RA regimen has created a gap within the literature (Oprea et al