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Do you need monitoring when starting GLP-1 inhibitors?

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Do you need monitoring when starting GLP-1 inhibitors?

Dr Sheharyar Quraishi, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about monitoring certain hormone levels, live function tests and also state of hydration when starting on GLP-1 inhibitors.

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We start GLP-1 inhibitors, we would, as we have discussed already, monitor the adverse side effects, which would be measuring patients' hormones like MLAs or lipase, that would give an idea of the inflammation of the pancreas, liver function tests to make sure there are no adverse side effects, and a patient's hydration status should be assessed in case people are experiencing a lot of nausea or vomiting. And that would be the normal biomarkers that we use to look for, have a profile of side effects because of GLP1 treatment.

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