glp-1 after tummy tuck medications helped Tiffany lose over 60 pounds, but major weight loss and three pregnancies, she was still struggling with loose stomach skin that diet and exercise couldn't fix. Tiffany was Injecting GLP-1 into the abdomen?

Circulation 148 , 16061635 (2023)

Development of a novel drug delivery system to deliver drugs directly to the colonic mucosa, resulting in improved efficacy and reduced systemic exposure for the treatment of ulcerative colitis

Patents are legal mechanisms designed to promote innovation by giving pharmaceutical companies exclusive rights to sell their drugs without competition for a specified period (usually 17 and a half years)

These medications carry a boxed warning about thyroid C-cell tumors observed in rodent studies and are contraindicated in patients with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2)

doi: 10.2337/db12-1025

Modulating the microbiota/SCFA/bile acid-signaling to impact metabolism and inflammatory processes via GLP-1 and other mechanisms, therefore, represents a new strategy for the treatment of several chronic diseases