When your liver produces IGF-1 in response to growth hormone, that IGF-1 immediately binds to carrier proteins called insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins
When using Ozempic to treat diabetes, weight loss is a common side effect
Front Endocrinol 14:1240263 Vora LK, Gholap AD, Jetha K, Thakur RRS, Solanki HK, Chavda VP (2023) Artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical technology and drug delivery design
So: It is not a stretch to say we shouldnt even refer to these as weight loss drugs, at least exclusively
It promotes satiety by acting on the hypothalamus, reducing food intake
Localized and sustained chitosan-based doxorubicin delivery While most nanocarrier research focuses on systemic administration with the goal of achieving tumor-selective biodistribution through passive or active targeting, an alternative paradigm involves placing drug-loaded carriers directly at the tumor site either during surgical resection, through minimally invasive injection, or as topical patches for cutaneous or surgically accessible malignancies [183]