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These drugs work by mimicking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone your body naturally produces to regulate appetite and blood sugar

Although GLP-1s are a promising intervention for reducing multiple chronic conditions, it is important that future research focuses, too, on psychosocial health, especially in perimenopausal women who have greater utilization of GLP-1s and greater risk for adverse changes in physiological and psychosocial health relative to men and to younger and older women

demonstrated that the high-dose liraglutide therapy was effective in increasing SHBG levels, while low-dose combination therapy resulted also in a decrease in total testosterone despite the minor effect on BMI [63]

Participants who completed a 36-week lead-in period showed a mean weight reduction of 20.9%, with those continuing tirzepatide reaching an overall reduction of 25.3% from baseline to week 88