The side effects reported by the 2021 study (which was funded by Ozempics manufacturer, Novo Nordisk) included gallbladder-related disorders, acute pancreatitis, gallstones and severe gastrointestinal disorders
Without the pancreas, tucked behind the stomach, digesting food and regulating blood glucose levels would be impossible
While that gap is meaningful, it was not dramatic enough for AOD-9604 to win approval as a standalone obesity drug, and formal development was paused in 2007
Chemical structures of choline and derivatives The figure shows the chemical structures of choline, acetylcholine, betaine (trimethylglycine), glycerophosphorylcholine, sphingomyelin, and phosphatidylcholine
They should be used with caution in patients with a history of pancreatitis