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This has led to increased interest in GLP-1 drugs for weight management, even among non-diabetics

Consequently, other strategies for oral administration have been tested and developed, including (but not limited to) coadministration with enzyme inhibitors, structural modifications [cyclization, PEGylation, fatty acid conjugates of polypeptides (lipidization), fusing therapeutic proteins to cobalamin (vitamin B 12 )], and the use of delivery carriers or absorption enhancers

GLP-1 receptors are expressed in several key regions implicated in addiction and reward processing, including the ventral tegmental area (VTA), nucleus accumbens, amygdala, hippocampus, and lateral hypothalamus

On mechanism, the peptides and the small molecules end up at the same destination (Gs activation, cAMP elevation, the canonical incretin pharmacology) but they get there via different binding modes and with different signalling profiles

For example, liraglutide might reduce the occurrence rate of myocardial infarction in high-risk T2DM patients and enhance the clinical outcomes of myocardial infarction (28)