Paul Edison, a professor of neuroscience at Imperial College London who worked with Novo Nordisk on an earlier Alzheimers trial, said the participants in the trials may have been treated too late in their disease
High levels of acetaldehyde can cause amnesia, which is why someone can wake up the day after a night of heavy drinking and wonder, "What happened last night." When ethanol intake is high, alcohol dehydrogenase activity is insufficient to process the amount of acetaldehyde that accumulates, which can lead to acetaldehyde buildup in the liver
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The medication is indicated for weight loss, type 2 diabetes and improving metabolic health in obese and overweight patients with other weight-related health conditions
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