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Switching to Tirzepatide: Liver Fibrosis

A Japanese study found switching from other GLP-1 drugs to tirzepatide reduced FIB-4 liver fibrosis scores in high-risk patients.

20 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 5 min read
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Avexitide: the GLP-1 drug that blocks it

Avexitide, Amylyx's investigational GLP-1 receptor blocker, cut severe post-bariatric hypoglycemia events by 55 percent in a phase 3 trial.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 5 min read
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CagriSema meta-analysis: what it found

Seven pooled CagriSema trials show more weight loss than semaglutide or cagrilintide alone. The combination is still unapproved, and pooled data has limits.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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ENV-308: a pill built to mimic exercise

Enveda's ENV-308 mimics an exercise-linked metabolite and aims to preserve muscle after GLP-1 weight loss, but its Phase 1 trial tested only safety.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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GLP-1 Drugs and Ankle Osteoarthritis Care

A 2026 cohort study ties GLP-1 receptor agonist use to fewer ankle injections and replacements, but more arthroscopy in diabetes.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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GLP-1 drugs and ankle OA: new cohort data

A Johns Hopkins cohort study found obese GLP-1 users had lower rates of ankle injection and arthroplasty. Diabetic users showed higher arthroscopy rates.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 5 min read
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Hunger pain: semaglutide in schizophrenia

A qualitative study asked people with schizophrenia how semaglutide changed the hunger antipsychotics can cause.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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Semaglutide lowers hsCRP in SELECT

A Circulation analysis of SELECT finds semaglutide 2.4 mg reduces hsCRP in adults with prior heart attack or stroke. What it means, and what it doesn't.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 5 min read
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Sleep and mood after starting GLP-1 drugs

A new observational study links tirzepatide and semaglutide to improved sleep and depression scores at three months, with caveats.

19 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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Doctor suspended over Ozempic to partner

A GMC tribunal suspended a UK doctor for prescribing Ozempic and Wegovy, both semaglutide, to her partner without disclosure.

18 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read
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Experts Issue GLP-1 Guidance for NET Care

A new expert consensus statement sets ground rules for using GLP-1 drugs like tirzepatide in neuroendocrine tumor patients.

18 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 5 min read
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Can incretins ease psoriasis inflammation?

A 2026 editorial asks whether tirzepatide-class incretin therapy quiets inflammation biologics leave behind in psoriasis. A hypothesis, not a trial result.

18 Aug 2026 · PeptideMethods Editorial Team · 4 min read