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For weight management, NICE provides guidance on eligibility for specialist weight management services, which may include other pharmacological options such as orlistat (though this can also cause gastrointestinal side effects that may be problematic in IBD)

Now, new drugs called GLP-1 RAs can offer an additional option to help maintain weight loss after bariatric surgery

A pilot study on elderly obese diabetic patients also showed that semaglutide effectively reduced body fat while maintaining the percentage of skeletal muscle and the proportion of limb muscle [52]

On the other hand, DPP-4 inhibitors augment the half-life of endogenous GLP-1 by impeding its degradation

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doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2019.07.004