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It accomplishes this action by acting like the GLP-1 hormone, a substance that functions to regulate the amount of insulin created and released

Some medications, such as Ozempic and Trulicity, are covered under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for people with type 2 diabetes who meet certain criteria

44 During starvation, beta-cells adapt by markedly reducing their number of intracellular insulin vesicles via degradation, and these cells can rapidly replenish their insulin stores and return to a normal morphology in response to refeeding