Second, several experiments whether they involve slices of brain tissue, animals, and even human volunteers have strongly suggested that GLP-1 drugs specifically act on our dopamine cycles and affect neural activity in the hypothalamus, the appetite-controlling region of the brain
Also, 93.5% of the people who took GLP-1s survived during the five-year follow-up, versus 85.7% of those who didnt take GLP-1s
The shared biological properties of exendin-4 and human GLP-1 probably stem from their primary and secondary structures, but exendin-4 is naturally resistant to degradation by the DPP-4 enzyme, attributed to the presence of glycine at position 2, resulting in an intravenous half-life of approximately 30 minutes (85)
Direct human evidence at the dihydroberberine level remains limited
Novo Nordisks CEO is due to testify before a Senate committee in September to justify the current pricing