Semaglutide

American culture encourages overconsumption, fueled by ubiquitous availability and pervasive marketing of ultra-processed foods and other addictive substances. This chronic overindulgence has contributed to rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes (T…

BACKGROUND Although hypomagnesemia is common in type 2 diabetes, clinical presentations with severe hypomagnesemia are rare. A number of oral blood glucose-lowering medications can reduce serum magnesium concentrations, and several severe cases have…

BACKGROUND: Incretin-based drugs, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAs) and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 RAs, are increasingly used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity…

BACKGROUND: GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) reduce major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or increased cardiovascular risk. Recently, the GLP-1 RA semaglutide was r…

Carnitine plays an essential role in maintaining energy homeostasis and metabolic flexibility. Various medications, such as pivalate-conjugated antibiotics, valproic acid, and anticancer agents, can induce carnitine deficiency, inhibit the utilizatio…

INTRODUCTION: Childhood obesity is a global concern and has both nutritional and genetic causative factors. One of the most common monogenic causes of obesity is heterozygous mutations in the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R), which are found in 5.7-8.6…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: In phase 2 studies, efruxifermin, an Fc-FGF21 analog, significantly reduced steatohepatitis and fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), for which…

Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus commonly coexist with heart failure (HF) and may contribute to the pathogenesis of HF with preserved ejection fraction. With progression in management therapies for HF with preserved ejection fraction, the mechani…

BACKGROUND: Semaglutide is not yet approved for type 1 diabetes (T1D), but increasing evidence indicates it could offer clinical benefits for T1D patients, particularly those with overweight or obesity. Currently, no systematic review or meta-analysi…

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated whether the combined use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, was associated with larger hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) improvements compared with use of semaglut…

BACKGROUND: Obesity significantly impacts the health outcomes of children and adolescents, necessitating a comprehensive study to evaluate the effects of various anti-obesity medications (AOMs) on weight-related and metabolic outcomes. METHODS: PubMe…

Fifteen to forty% of patients experience recurrent weight gain (RWG) after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS). Glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are effective treatments for obesity in nonsurgical patients. To assess the effects of s…

BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are crucial in managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. Agents like dulaglutide, semaglutide, and liraglutide mimic endogenous GLP-1, enhancing insulin secretion and promo…

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have shown semaglutide effective in mitigating risks associated with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. However, semaglutide's real-world effectiveness and long-term outcomes are not fully established. RESEARCH DE…

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are guideline recommended agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and select agents (liraglutide and semaglutide) are FDA approved as anti-obesity pharmacotherapy options. These…

This practice recommendation serves as an update to the 2023 AASLD Practice Guidance on the clinical assessment and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD),…