If you already have diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, recent visual symptoms, or recent retinal treatment, ask for coordinated care between your diabetes doctor and your eye doctor before and during treatment
Palacka, P., Kucharska, J., Murin, J., Dostalova, K., Okkelova, A., Cizova, M., Waczulikova, I., Moricova, S., and Gvozdjakova, A
The mechanism of action is very imbalanced, since while it has a comparable GIP receptor binding affinity to native GIP, the affinity to the native GLP-1 receptor is five times lower [20, 21]
This is achieved by swapping the alanine amino acid at position 8 in the peptide backbone for alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib), a modified amino acid that DPP-4 cannot recognize or cleave
Biochem 90 , 403429 (2021)