If the buzz is to be believed, women now have access to a medication that can not only help shed weight but can also calm fertility panic.
Almost two decades ago, a group of medications called GLP-1 agonists started showing significant results in the treatment of people with type 2 diabetes. As scientists noticed that patients were losing a little weight, they realised that if they could modify these drugs to take off more weight, they’d be sitting on a goldmine.
Since weight-loss jabs blazed into our lives, barely a day has gone past without research showing that GLP-1 drugs can, among other things, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, improve rheumatoid arthritis, and even reduce the risk of dementia. Is there anything this wonder drug can’t do? If the buzz is to be believed, women now have an answer to two of their greatest fears: a medication that can not only help shed weight but can also calm fertility panic. But is there really anything behind the latest hype?It’s long been known that weight loss by any means will improve fertility.
The question now for scientists is whether the action of GLP-1 itself increases fertility, separately from the more global weight loss issue. This would then open up a potential medical solution for women who, to quote Moffett, are having fertility issues but “are not fat enough” for bariatric surgery.More exciting still, with a modified dose, there’s a possibility that the GLP-1 drugs could potentially help infertile women who present with a “normal” weight.
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