In many cases, definitive treatment of gallbladder disease (such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy) allows patients to safely continue GLP-1 medication if clinically indicated
McDonald suspects that GLP-1 medicines, as they regulate hunger and digestion hormones, also trigger other metabolic pathways
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Maintenance: 12 mg weekly (Week 13 onward) for maximum efficacy
GLP-1 medications are considered safe for most patients with Hashimotos or hypothyroidism, as long as there is no history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, which are contraindications due to a potential cancer risk observed in animal studies
However, it increased newly formed astrocytes, and this increase was even more significant in the latter group (Komitova et al., 2002)