If someones taken this medication, its strongly discouraged for that person to donate blood
The same study confirmed dose-dependent increases in GH without significant changes in other pituitary hormones (prolactin, TSH, LH, FSH, cortisol), supporting its selectivity for the GH axis
The study also demonstrated the protective effect of exenatide on islet-cell function during GCs therapy, providing early evidence for using GLP-1 RAs to counteract the diabetogenic effects of GCs (34)
Disclosure Professor Xiao-Yu Tian reports grants from Clinical Medical Excellence Training Program funded by government (ZF2023112), grants from the 14th Five-Year Plan Clinical Medicine Innovation Research Team of Hebei Medical University, Class B Team Project (2022LCTD-B15), grants from Hebei Provincial Health Commission Project (20230594), grants from Hebei Province Third Batch of Young Top Talents Program, outside the submitted work