Medications can reduce the pain of peripheral neuropathy. Tesamorelin has never been directly studied for this purpose, but research into therapies based on growth hormone indicates it might be useful: Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) have been shown to accelerate axonal regeneration, maintain proliferating Schwann cells, reduce muscle atrophy and thereby improve motor and sensory functional recovery following peripheral nerve injury in a number of studies
These drugs directly activate GLP-1 receptors, producing sustained appetite suppression, slower digestion to keep someone feeling full longer, and regulation of blood sugar
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doi: 10.2337/diacare.23.6.765
The first is that, in the short term, food choices can help avoid common side effects such as nausea and constipation as you ramp up on a GLP-1
