Prior to initiating GLP-1 RAs, clinicians should use screening tools such as the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Eating Disorders for adults and the Stanford-Washington University Eating Disorder screen for college-aged students to detect ED risk, added Cynthia Bulik, PhD, distinguished professor of EDs, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and founding director, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
To maintain consistent results, each dose should be scheduled on the same day of the week as the first treatment
By stimulating the GLP-1 receptor, retatrutide improves blood sugar control by enhancing insulin release from the pancreas and reducing the release of glucagon, a hormone that elevates blood sugar levels
Together with Derek Holdsworth, another gastroenterologist trainee, and Desmond Turner, a biochemist, McIntyre decided to revisit La Barre's hypothesis that the duodenum encouraged the pancreas to produce insulin by releasing incretin