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At the 3.0 mg daily dose, liraglutide produced average weight losses on the order of ~8% in pivotal trials (SCALE program), with additional benefits in glycemic measures and cardiometabolic risk markers

The gastrointestinal side effect profile is consistent with other GLP-1 based therapies

6 The popular GLP-1R agonist semaglutide Semaglutide is a long-acting GLP-1R agonist structurally similar to GLP-1 but resistant to proteolytic cleavage [96] and is given as a subcutaneous injection to patients with T2D

In response, pancreatic beta cells secrete insulin that promotes glucose absorption primarily to the liver and skeletal muscles, where it is converted to glycogen