Description
This medication requires a prescription. Learn more about how Regenics uses free telehealth consults with our licensed medical providers to prescribe and fill this medication.
WHAT IS GLP-1/GIP?
GLP-1/GIP is a prescription medicine that is used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
GLP-1/GIP should not be used with other other GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines.
WHY IS GLP-1/GIP PRESCRIBED?
A1C CONTROL
It dramatically reduces blood glucose and weight by combining a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) with a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). The therapy brought significantly greater reductions in glycated hemoglobin (A1C) and weight than semaglutide, a well-known GLP-1 RA. Many patients whose A1C is above 8% never achieve glycemic control, which can lead to multiple long-term complications, including blindness or cardiovascular events.
GLP-1 offers an option that could reduce A1C and help patients lose weight, but even this powerful incretin needed a helper. Enter GIP, which further aids—and optimizes—the right amount of insulin secretion.
WEIGHT LOSS
Even though GLP-1/GIP has been approved for type 2 diabetes, studies indicate that it could be the most effective weight loss drug ever produced. GLP-1/GIP has three main mechanisms of action. It enhances the growth of beta cells in the pancreas, which are sites of insulin production. This means your body has improved control over blood sugar spikes. GLP-1/GIP also delays gastric emptying. The delay in gastric emptying can reduce appetite. Finally, GLP-1/GIP improves control of eating and reduces food cravings.
**Prescription required, but worry not, our providers handle the prescribing and filling via telemed.
WHAT SETS GLP-1/GIP APART FROM OTHER MEDICATIONS?
It produces an amazing 20% weight loss on average and is the first drug that targets both GLP-1 and GIP, resulting in more effective glycemic control and appetite suppression. Reductions in body weight have also been shown to be greater with GLP-1/GIP versus GLP-1 alone and increased with the dose: 1.9 kg for 5 mg, 3.6 kg for 10 mg, and 5.5 kg for 15mg.
HOW IS ORAL GLP-1/GIP TAKEN?
Oral GLP-1/GIP is a sublingual troche that is dissolved under the tongue every other day or every day.