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Once hydration and nutritional status are restored, therapy can resume at a lower dose, with gradual titration to minimize risks

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Eli Lilly, an American pharmaceutical company, is in the final phases of clinical trials for another GLP-1 weight-loss pill orforglipron and is seeking approval for it from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this year

Circulating GLP-1 exists only at low picomolar concentrations, is rapidly inactivated by DPP-4 enzymes and is swiftly cleared by the kidneys (Hansen et al., 1999