So a bunch of different scientists started testing it in Petri dishes and in animals, and it turns out GLP-1 increases insulin release and lowers blood sugar and slows the rate the stomach empties out and makes people feel more full and eat less, exactly the things that could help treat type two diabetes
Self-converting removes the safeguards these medications require
For instance, the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) stimulates insulin release and inhibits glucagon release (which raises blood glucose)
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Overall, results from the cardiovascular outcomes trials (CVOTs) completed for all marketed GLP-1 RAs in type 2 diabetes support a benefit in HF specifically in addition to the approved use in broad CVD risk reduction in people with type 2 diabetes (Sattar et al., 2021)
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