The sympathoadrenal system has been shown to stimulate the secretory activity of enteroendocrine cells, although the response is transient. Our aim was to investigate the effects of long-term catecholamine excess on circulating glucagon-likepeptide-1 (GLP-1) levels in patients with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL). Thirty patients diagnosed with PPGL were analyzed. A significant negative association was observed between fasting plasma GLP-1 levels and elevated plasma-free metanephrine (
r
=
−
0.407
,
p
=
0.026
). After adjustment for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), serum creatinine, and the presence of hyperglycemia, the negative association between plasma GLP-1 and metanephrine persisted by multiple linear regression analysis (
β
=
−
0.493
,
p
=
0.013
). Positive correlations between fasting glucose and plasma metanephrine (
r
=
0.380
,
p
=
0.038
) and normetanephrine levels (
r
=
0.450
,
p
=
0.013
) were also found. Mean fasting levels of total GLP-1 increased significantly from 25.81 to 39.01 pmol/L (
p
=
0.017
) after PPGL resection. In conclusion, long-term overproduction of catecholamines appears to induce suppression of GLP-1 production compared to an acute response to a stress stimulus. Further studies are required to elucidate the mechanism of GLP-1 secretion with chronic exposure to catecholamine.