FDA's own scientists recommended against it, citing inadequate physicochemical characterization, immunogenicity risk from aggregation and peptide-related impurities, and insufficient evidence of effectiveness
Antioxidants can remove the free radicals intermediates by oxidizing themselves so that they are often reducing agents such as poly-phenols, tocopherols, carotenes, vitamin A, ubiquinols, thiols, ascorbic acid, and others (Sies, 1997)
Protocol tracking and adjustment adds ongoing time commitment
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After the trial period, 36% of participants on semaglutide met a composite goal of 70% timeinrange, minimal hypoglycemia and 5% weight loss, versus 0% on placebo