As estrogen declines, insulin resistance often increases, which may affect both the rationale for GLP-1 use and the magnitude of metabolic response, making individualized assessment particularly important during this transition
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Common side effects include gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation), particularly during dose escalation, and gallbladder problems such as gallstones
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But postpartum bodies are especially sensitive to caffeine, and adding GLP-1 therapy can amplify that
The responsible agent is not known, but we have very recent evidence for presence of amyloid deposition and misfolded proteolipid protein in the brains of progressive MS patients supporting the proteopathic theory (Tsutsui et al., 2024)