Medications like semaglutide (better known by brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy) and liraglutide have become household names, with adoption rates in Australia estimated at 12.5% and in New Zealand at 10.2% as of 2024
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In addition to its effects on metabolic regulation, GLP-1, when synthesized within the brain, exhibits neuroprotective properties.397,427,431 A clinical trial titled Liraglutide in Early Parkinsons Disease was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, exploring the effects of liraglutide on patients with early-stage PD diagnosed within the last three years.432 The research was a 14-month Phase II double-blind randomized controlled trial
In addition, the presence of the pro-inflammatory mediators, TNF and IL-1, also impair gut barrier integrity by activation of cell death pathways, such as apoptosis, thereby promoting elevated intestinal permeability (Ruemmele et al