In alignment with other GLP-1RAs, severe or blood glucose-confirmed symptomatic hypoglycemia was infrequent in the PIONEER programs, although it seemed to occur more frequently in trials combining oral semaglutide with sulfonylureas (SU) or insulin (PIONEER 3, 5, 7, and 8) [8, 10, 12, 13]
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GLP-1Rs are expressed in the pancreas, intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes, myocardium, adipose tissue, kidney, liver, blood vessels, lungs and in the CNS.2,3 Although GLP-1 is known for its incretin effect, which it shares with glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP), the intake-regulating action, essential for its efficacy against obesity, occurs through its interaction with receptors located in the CNS.1,5 The GLP-1 peptide can reach the central nervous system (CNS) via peripheral vagal afferents, which transmit its action through the nodose ganglion to the nucleus tactus solitarius (NTS)