He serves on advisory boards and speakers panels of Novo Nordisk, Herbalife, GI Dynamics, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Glia, Irish Life Health, Boehringer Ingelheim, Currax, Zealand Pharma, Keyron, and Rhythm Pharma
Multiple independent studies have reported that PYY-/- mice exhibit hyperinsulinemia and are prone to developing obesity and insulin resistance during aging or under long-term high-fat diet challenges (138, 139)
Severe gastrointestinal disease: Caution is advised in patients with conditions such as gastroparesis or severe inflammatory bowel disease, as GLP-1 receptor agonism slows gastric emptying
This selectivity makes Ipamorelin a particularly useful tool in studies on isolated stimulation of the somatotropic axis, allowing the observation of GH-related effects without interference from other hormonal axes
Long-acting agents seem to have a lower incidence of gastrointestinal adverse effects (166), likely due to tachyphylaxis in gastric emptying with sustained GLP-1R stimulation