These medications mimic a naturally occurring hormone (glucagon-like peptide-1) that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite
Research status Mostly preclinical evidence
If you educate and stay honest, patients will usually trust you more
Tell your doctor about all your current medicines and any you start or stop using, especially: angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors eg benazepril (Lotensin, in Lotrel), captopril, enalapril (Epaned, Vasotec, in Vaseretic), fosinopril, lisinopril (Prinivil, Qbrelis, Zestril, in Zestoretic), moexipril, perindopril (in Prestalia), quinapril (Accupril, in Accuretic, in Quinaretic), ramipril (Altace), and trandolapril