[254][255][256][257] Unfortunately in spite of all the potentially beneficial effects of GLP-1 on glucose homeostasis, the therapeutic potential of naturally occurring GLP-1 is limited, due to its extremely short half-life of less than 2 minutes largely due to the degradation by the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV)
The study included a survey with 1,955 useable observations including 495 people who were currently taking a GLP-1, 468 who had previously taken one, 492 people who were planning to take one, and 500 people who were neither taking one nor planning to take one
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The initial dosing starts at 0.25 mg per week and is gradually increased at 4-week intervals to 0.5, 1.0, 1.7 mg, and finally to a maximum dose of 2.4 mg per week
They are more vulnerable to GLP-1-related lean mass loss than younger adults and the consequences are more serious