the appetite question that gets asked weekly, answered properly
the appetite question that gets asked weekly, answered properly. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. The GIP question, which is the most interesting unsettled thing in this field. Dual agonism at GIP and GLP-1 receptors produces clinical results that are robust and well replicated.…
GIP receptor biology is genuinely unsettled — there is a live argument about agonism versus antagonism at the receptor — and the clinical results are robust regardless, which is an uncomfortable and interesting position.
Tried to build a mental model from mechanism alone and produced a confident prediction that the trial data flatly contradicted.
Yes. The central component is the one that explains the reports on this site better than gastric emptying does.
Was completely wrong about the gastric emptying story in a thread here two years ago. Someone corrected me with a citation and I have not made that mistake since.
Read the primary paper after arguing about the summary for a fortnight. The discussion section said almost the opposite of what the thread had concluded.
This. Albumin binding and modification are why the half-life is what it is, and it is a design decision rather than an accident.