Another theory is that these drugs influence certain pathways in your brain and nervous system that also affect your digestive system
Because long-term efficacy depends not only on pharmacologic effects but also on maintaining healthy dietary patterns and regular physical activity, as demonstrated in the landmark trials, attention to lifestyle factors is important when prescribing these agents [[4], [5], [6]]
This work was led by Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon with the support of John McLeod, a physiologist and expert in diabetes
Researchers have also shown that semaglutide impacts the reward and punishment systems in the brains of mice, particularly in the nucleus accumbens region, which is part of the limbic system
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