Notes: Dosing adjustments may be needed depending on the subjects response, without exceeding the dose of 12mg/weekly
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If they look at week-by-week logs that show fewer symptoms and a steady decrease in appetite, they are much more likely to stick with it
Limitations and Considerations BMI cutoff used is in between the typical cutoffs for overweight and obese Limited generalizability given that the majority of patients included were Caucasian, with only 12.5% African American male predominant population studied, with only 27.7% females It remains to be demonstrated if treatment with semaglutide has a cardioprotective and preventative benefit in patients who do not have pre-existing cardiovascular disease PowellWiley TM, Poirier P, Burke LE, et al
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