Journal of family medicine and primary care

Early low-dose GLP-1 treatment may help liver health in new type 2 diabetes cases

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Abstract

Essence

Early low-dose semaglutide was followed by rapid normalization of persistently elevated alanine aminotransferase in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Evidence

This single case report describes a 28-year-old White Hispanic female with Class I obesity and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes whose persistently elevated alanine aminotransferase normalized after subcutaneous semaglutide initiation.

Caveat

The finding comes from one patient, and the abstract does not establish the optimal semaglutide dose, treatment duration, or whether the ALT change was directly caused by therapy.

Simplified

Key numbers

4.5×
Decrease in ALT Level
ALT level decreased from 168 U/L to 16 U/L after 18 weeks of therapy.
5.1%
HbA1c Level
HbA1c dropped from 11.9% to 5.1% after 22 weeks.

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