Glucagon, sold under the brand name Baqsimi among others, is a medication and hormone. As a medication it is used to treat low blood sugar, beta blocker...
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Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas. It raises the concentration of glucose and fatty acids in the bloodstream and is...
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for long-term weight management. It is a peptide similar to the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), modified with a side chain. It can be administered...
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The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) found on beta cells of the pancreas and on neurons of the brain. It...
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a 30- or 31-amino-acid-long peptide hormone deriving from the tissue-specific posttranslational processing of the proglucagon...
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PMC 4832440. PMID 26811245. "Obesity Medication: Gastrointestinal Agents, Other, CNS Stimulants, Anorexiants, Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Agonists, Antidepressants...
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GLP-1 receptor agonist (redirect from Glucagon-like peptide-1 analog)
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, also known as GLP-1 analogs, GLP-1DAs or incretin mimetics, are a class of anorectic drugs that reduce...
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nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and decreased appetite. It is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 agonist) consisting of GLP-1(7-37)...
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Hypoglycemia (section Medications)
1 diabetics, because medications that treat type 2 diabetes like metformin, glitazones, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists...
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who received 12.5 or 25 mg/d of the medication. Amylin agonist analogues slow gastric emptying and suppress glucagon. They have all the incretins actions...
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glucagon release. Exenatide was approved for medical use in the United States in 2005. In 2019, it was the 312th most commonly prescribed medication in...
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are unclear. It is given by injection under the skin. Liraglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 receptor agonist) also known as...
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Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is a medication and hormone. As a medication, it is used to treat several conditions, including anaphylaxis, cardiac...
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group of participants, compared to earlier phases.[citation needed] Glucagon (medication) Parker VE, Robertson D, Wang T, Hornigold DC, Petrone M, Cooper...
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Ketoacidosis (section Medications)
dehydration can cause an increase in counterregulatory hormones such as glucagon, cortisol and growth hormone which may further increase free fatty acid...
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stimulate glucagon upon hypoglycemia prevents a glucagon-mediated rescue of glucose levels. Onset of type 1 diabetes is followed by an increase in glucagon secretion...
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weight loss. Tirzepatide is a gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor and glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist. The most common side effects include nausea, vomiting...
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increasing the production of insulin and decreasing the production of glucagon by the pancreas. Sitagliptin was developed by Merck & Co. and approved...
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disease. The hormone Glucagon-like Peptide 1 can lessen the brain's inflamed reaction caused by amyloid beta oxidative stress. Glucagon-like Peptide 1 can...
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mostly to regulate blood sugar levels, secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the digestive system...
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– was approved by the FDA in 2006. Glucagon increases blood glucose levels, and DPP-4 inhibitors reduce glucagon and blood glucose levels. The mechanism...
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increasing the production of insulin and decreasing the production of glucagon by the pancreas. Linagliptin was approved for medical use in the United...
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Inotrope (redirect from Inotropic medication)
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors Enoximone Milrinone Amrinone Theophylline Glucagon Insulin Negative inotropic agents decrease myocardial contractility and...
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metabolic hormones affecting blood glucose levels: catabolic hormones (such as glucagon, cortisol and catecholamines) which increase blood glucose; and one anabolic...
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dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) and are members of the glucagon peptide superfamily. Medications based on incretins are used in the treatment of type 2...
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In contrast, the hormone glucagon is released by the pancreas as a response to lower than normal blood sugar levels. Glucagon initiates uptake of the stored...
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Pancreatitis (section Medications)
hypoglycemic agents are associated with pancreatitis including metformin, but glucagon-like peptide-1 mimetics such as exenatide are more strongly associated...
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Glimepiride is an antidiabetic medication within the sulfonylurea class, primarily prescribed for the management of type 2 diabetes. It is regarded as...
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Anaphylaxis (section Medication)
requires immediate medical attention regardless of the use of emergency medication on site. It typically causes more than one of the following: an itchy...
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Retatrutide (category Glucagon receptor agonists)
American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company. It is a triple glucagon hormone receptor agonist (GLP-1, GIP, and GCGR receptors). It has been...
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