{"id":28900,"date":"2024-12-21T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28900"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:28:48","slug":"glp-1-receptor-agonists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/glp-1-receptor-agonists\/","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1 Receptor Agonists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About GLP-1 Receptor Agonists:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glucagon-Like Peptide<\/strong> (GLP)-1 receptor agonists mimic a hormone that regulates appetite and <strong>blood sugar levels, for managing obesity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>By specifically binding to the key hormone GLP-1, it regulates blood glucose levels and lipid metabolism.<\/li>\n<li>This receptor and its agonists hold significant <strong>therapeutic potential<\/strong>, reshaping the treatment approaches for multiple diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases.<\/li>\n<li>GLP-1 agonists are most often <strong>injectable medications<\/strong>, meaning you inject a liquid medication with a needle and syringe.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The new class of GLP-1 receptor agonists, that included drugs such as <strong>semaglutide and tirzepatide<\/strong>, \u201chave the potential to be transformative.\n<ul>\n<li>In medication terms, an agonist is a <strong>manufactured substance<\/strong> that attaches to a cell receptor and causes the same action as the naturally occurring substance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is GLP-1?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GLP-1 is a <strong>key hormone<\/strong> that plays an integral role in regulating blood glucose levels, lipid metabolism, and several other crucial biological functions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>released by the intestines<\/strong> in response to food intake.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Diabetes?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/health-wellness\/who-scientists-endorse-weight-loss-drugs-for-controlling-obesity-9735431\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WHO scientists endorse weight loss drugs for controlling obesity: What does it mean for therapies?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLP-1 Receptor Agonists mimic a hormone that regulates appetite and blood sugar levels, for managing obesity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}