Can Med Assoc J 2006, 174:169-174
No refrigeration required - a practical advantage over injectable peptide preparations that require cold-chain handling throughout storage and use
Perico [IRCCS - Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Dacc, Ranica (Bergamo), Italy]
As a result, they improve blood sugar control after meals
Unsurprisingly, where data is available, GLP-1 RA usage continues to accelerate, particularly with the forthcoming release of an oral form, which will likely make medications lower cost and more widely accessible
Thus, the distinctive nutritional needs associated with a disease reflect the total amount needed by a healthy person to support life or maintain homeostasis, adjusted for the distinctive changes in the nutritional needs of the patient as a result of the effects of the disease process on absorption, metabolism, and excretion. It was also proposed that in patients with certain disease states who respond to nutritional therapies, a physiologic deficiency of the nutrient is assumed to exist