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The mechanism of action includes several key effects: they stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells in a glucose-dependent manner, suppress glucagon release (which reduces hepatic glucose production), slow gastric emptying, and act on appetite centres in the brain to promote satiety and reduce food intake
Tirzepatide, a once-weekly glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and GLP-1 receptor agonist induced substantial weight reduction in previous placebo-controlled trials in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at University of California, San Diego, and director of the MASLD Research Center, said at EASL Congress
Both are FDA approved to treat type 2 diabetes, but people are now taking them off-label for a different purpose: to help shed stubborn pounds