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GLP-1 is a class of drugs (or molecules). The first known GLP-1 was pretty much just a synthesized version of a naturally occurring compound from the Gila Monster’s venom.

Semaglutide is like a 2nd generation GLP-1 and there are 3rd generation ones in development right now

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Semaglutide and co are "GLP-1 receptor agonists" that behave in a similar way to the naturally occurring hormone GLP-1.

We can't give people GLP-1 itself because it breaks down really fast and you'd have to provide it continuously, so we use ones that effect the body the same way over a long period of time.

Ah ah, I see what your original comment meant now! I parsed that completely differently :)

Yes you’re right.

Yeah, halflife of GLP-1 is about 5 minutes.

Gila Monster is a pretty cool name for a lizard

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