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Wegovy has a half-life of approximately 7 days, meaning it takes about 5 weeks for the medication to be fully cleared from your system after your last injection
14 Two therapeutic strategies currently exist to overcome the short half-life of incretin hormones and pharmacologically augment the incretin effect: 1) inject GLP-1 receptor agonists that are resistant to degradation by the DPP-4 enzyme and 2) orally administer DPP-4 inhibitors that delay the enzymatic degradation of naturally secreted incretin hormones ( Figure 2 )
While you do not need the full clinical version, adapting its approach is useful
Since then, researchers have been developing peptide-based therapies for a wide range of medical conditions
But it does improve insulin sensitivity and changes how your body responds to carbohydrates, and it significantly reduces food intake