Medication that has been a lifeline for patients with uncontrollable diabetes is now slowly shifting from injections to pills, a move that could fundamentally alter treatment for the disease – and who can access it. This shift could also affect the treatment of obesity, a long misunderstood condition once associated with overeating and laziness, rather than the metabolic disorder it is now recognised as. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonists therapy isn’t new. The first FDA-approved drug, Exenatide, hit the market in 2005 and was followed by Liraglutide in 2009, which was seen as a revolutionary alternative to insulin.
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