The primary endpoint, change of weight loss over time, was analyzed by repeated-measures ANOVA comparing patients with GLP-1-RAs plus usual care weight management (GLP-1-RA group) to patients with usual care weight management only (UCWM)
Semaglutide, marketed as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus, is an FDA-approved GLP-1 receptor agonist used for type 2 diabetes management and chronic weight management
The overall risk in terms of how many patients are potentially affected is still very small, he notes
Some research protocols have explored doses up to 4.5 mg weekly, which showed slightly greater efficacy in the phase 2 dose-finding trial but also increased side effect burden
When dried under reduced pressure at 50C for 5 hours and examined as directed, its infrared absorption spectrum is concordant with the spectrum of a reference standard treated in the same manner (general chapters 0402)
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