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However, the HCG diet is highly controversial and can have potential risks and side effects, including nutrient deficiencies, electrolyte imbalances, fatigue, mood changes, hair loss, and cardiovascular problems
"This is a medicine that's already available, both in diabetes clinics and now in renal clinics, so I would hope the uptake would start pretty quickly," Gough said, adding that he hopes the confidence that comes with the data behind this approval will aid clinicians who are making daily decisions about how and when to use different treatments
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Several ionic mechanisms such as non-selective cation channel, voltage-dependent potassium channel, and TRPC5 channel may be associated with activation of GLP-1R-induced electrophysiological effects (Figure 1A)
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