In both cases, modifications made to the structures of the peptides cause their bioavailability to be increased dramatically compared to the hormones secreted naturally by the intestine, from just a few minutes to more than a hundred hours, which allows these drugs to be administered by subcutaneous injection only once a week
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Ethics declarations Funding The study was supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF16OC0019968 and NNF15CC0018486), the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Helsefonden, the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, and the Danish Diabetes Academy
In clinical trials, which compared people randomly assigned to the active drug or a placebo, participants receiving semaglutide or tirzepatide lost 15% to 20% of their body weight on average