They're modified hormones. Normal glutide made by the body has a 5 minute half life and makes you feel full. Semaglutide has a 1 week half life.
It's amazing how much hormones control our minds.
It's amazing how much hormones control our minds.
If whatever it signals has a shorter half-life, then yeah, the duration of effect is going to depend on the hormone's half life, but not if whatever it signals has a longer half-life of effect.