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September 5, 2026Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Postmarketing Safety Signals and Medication‐Use Risks of GLP ‐1‐Based Therapies in Diabetes and Obesity: A Multi‐Source Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Evidence‐Mapping Study

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LRLong RenYZYuan ZhangFFFang Fang

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Overview

Pharmacovigilance study reveals gastrointestinal and administration-related risks for GLP-1 therapies in diabetes and obesity, highlighting key targets for patient education.

Key Points

  • To characterise postmarketing adverse event signals and medication-use risks linked to GLP-1 receptor agonists and the dual GIP/GLP-1 co-agonist tirzepatide in diabetes and obesity treatment.
  • Extracted FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) data from 2021Q1 through 2026Q1 across 8,995,547 background reports, applying deduplication and retaining latest versions of primary-suspect records for semaglutide, tirzepatide, dulaglutide, liraglutide, exenatide, and lixisenatide.
  • Calculated disproportionality statistics including reporting odds ratios, proportional reporting ratios, and an approximate Information Component, integrating findings with Canada Vigilance records, Medicaid utilization, and FDA regulatory communications.
  • Identified 243,114 GLP-1 primary-suspect case-product records, with tirzepatide accounting for 133,100 reports, semaglutide for 55,619 reports, and dulaglutide for 38,406 reports.
  • The most frequently reported terms included incorrect dose administered, nausea, injection-site pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, off-label use, and extra dose administered.
  • Prioritised safety domains involved gastrointestinal intolerance, medication-use and device errors, impaired gastric emptying, pancreatobiliary events, renal/dehydration events, and hypoglycaemia.

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Ren et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4216b95aff0620eb8bfhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dom.71303
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