restarting tirzepatide after surgery How to re-titrate a 52-year-old female on Zepbound (tirzepatide), a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, a 1-month hiatus due to surgery? restarting tirzepatide after 3 months

Known as the incretin effect, GLP-1 and its synergetic sister hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), are rapidly released by lower enteroendocrine L-cells (GLP-1) or upper enteroendocrine K-cells (GIP) in the gut following food intake and rising circulatory glucose levels to augment the glucose-stimulated release of insulin by pancreatic cells

Without adequate GSH, the body's antioxidant network functions at reduced capacity

The insulin syringes are for measuring and injecting individual doses afterward

Adding BAC water to a lyophilized peptide vial dissolves the powder into a stable solution