"These injections are often dispensed in vials, so theres a greater opportunity for dosing errors since youre measuring out your specific dose with a syringe," she warned
On the other hand, RWE lacks the ability to establish causality by minimising confounding effects which is a key strength of randomised clinical trials (RCTs)
When a medication relies on a pen-injector system, such as with the injectable versions of Ozempic and Wegovy, the device itself becomes part of the regulatory and technical challenge
On the topic of temperature It may also be helpful to apply a cool compress to the injection site to help calm inflammation and reduce redness or swelling
Dhaliwal, S., & Kalogeropoulos, A
Journal reference: Li, T., Tian, Y., Zhong, Q., et al