These findings have prompted several clinical trials which have reported GLP-1 analogs improve cardiac function, restore lung function and reduce mortality in patients with obstructive lung disease, influence blood pressure and lipid storage, and even prevent synaptic loss and neurodegeneration
Common adverse effects include gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea (reported in 4050% of patients), vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal discomfort
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is supported by a Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Merit Award, and receives support from the CIHR, Diabetes Canada and the Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
All of these mimic the biologic response that we have after eating, in medicine termed the incretin pathway