GLP-1-related hair loss is called telogen effluvium, which causes sudden, diffuse shedding usually temporary
Although some of the natural ingredients used in these patches, such as berberine, have shown in some studies to slightly increase GLP-1 levels, regulate blood sugar levels and promote weight loss 8 , their efficiency through transdermal methods is not yet proven and needs to be studied further 3
Importantly, asymptomatic gallstones discovered incidentally do not mandate automatic discontinuation
Our findings do not exclude a positive role for endosomal signaling or -arrestin-1 recruitment in acute responses to physiological GLP-1, but highlight how the kinetic context must be taken into account when exploiting noncanonical pathways during drug development
Diabetologia 56 , 696708 (2013)