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If youve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and have been treated with Victoza, theres a chance that youve developed gastroparesis

This shift now means that more consumers are using a GLP-1 for weight loss than its intended diabetes application, Glanbia Nutritionals senior customer marketing manager Bill Waltzek said on a recent FI webinar titled Metabolic Health and Weight Management in the GLP-1 Era. FI CEO Brian Choi added that the sustained interest in GLP-1 drugs a class of medication that mimics the effect of a naturally occurring hormone that regulates metabolic and cardiovascular processes is thanks to the concurrent interest in personal health and wellbeing

The mechanisms behind GLP-1-related headaches are not fully understood, but likely involve changes in blood sugar levels (especially during early treatment when insulin sensitivity improves rapidly), dehydration from reduced fluid intake or GI losses, and the central nervous system effects of GLP-1 receptor activation, since GLP-1 receptors exist in the brain

For the right patient, medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide may be useful tools when they are prescribed, monitored, and adjusted as part of a physician-guided plan