PMID- 37524416 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231005 LR - 20240426 IS - 1473-4893 (Electronic) IS - 1470-2118 (Print) IS - 1470-2118 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Future therapies for obesity. PG - 337-346 LID - 10.7861/clinmed.2023-0144 [doi] AB - Obesity is a chronic disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Bariatric surgery can lead to sustained long-term weight loss (WL) and improvement in multiple obesity-related complications, but it is not scalable at the population level. Over the past few years, gut hormone-based pharmacotherapies for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have rapidly evolved, and combinations of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) with other gut hormones (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), glucagon, and amylin) as dual or triple agonists are under investigation to enhance and complement the effects of GLP1 on WL and obesity-related complications. Tirzepatide, a dual agonist of GLP1 and GIP receptors, marks a new era in obesity pharmacotherapy in which a combination of gut hormones could approach the WL achieved with bariatric surgery. In this review, we discuss emerging obesity treatments with a focus on gut hormone combinations and the concept of a multimodal approach for obesity management. CI - (c) Royal College of Physicians 2023. All rights reserved. FAU - Melson, Eka AU - Melson E AD - Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. FAU - Miras, Alexander Dimitri AU - Miras AD AD - School of Medicine, University of Ulster, Ulster, UK. FAU - Papamargaritis, Dimitris AU - Papamargaritis D AD - Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kettering, UK and associate professor in diabetes and endocrinology, Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK dp421@leicester.ac.uk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Clin Med (Lond) JT - Clinical medicine (London, England) JID - 101092853 RN - 0 (Gastrointestinal Hormones) RN - 89750-14-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide 1) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - *Gastrointestinal Hormones/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Obesity/therapy MH - *Bariatric Surgery MH - Weight Loss PMC - PMC10541050 OTO - NOTNLM OT - gut hormones OT - obesity OT - pharmacotherapy OT - tirzepatide COIS- EM declares no conflict of interest. ADM has received grants or contracts from Fractyl, Novo Nordisk and Randox, and payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Currax and Boehringer Ingelheim. DP has acted as a speaker for Novo Nordisk and has received grants from Novo Nordisk, Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation, Academy of Medical Sciences/Diabetes UK and Health Education East Midlands. EDAT- 2023/08/01 01:08 MHDA- 2023/10/05 06:44 PMCR- 2023/07/01 CRDT- 2023/07/31 20:42 PHST- 2023/10/05 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/01 01:08 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/31 20:42 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1470-2118(24)04580-9 [pii] AID - clinmedicine [pii] AID - 10.7861/clinmed.2023-0144 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Med (Lond). 2023 Jul;23(4):337-346. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2023-0144.