Alcohol deserves special mention because it can worsen blood sugar instability, increase dehydration, and amplify nausea
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Clinical trials have not reported serious side effects at doses up to 1,000 mg per day
FIGURE 1 Given the role of GLP-1 in glycaemic control, the anti-apoptotic, growth-stimulating and insulin secretion-promoting effects on pancreatic -cells, the ability to re-sensitize the cellular insulin-signaling, minor side effects, good tolerance by normoglycemic patients and the fact that GLP-1 does not desensitize, synthetic GLP-1R agonists have been on the market for decades to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or, more recently, to improve weight loss (Drucker, 2018)
Continued use may be needed to sustain results long term