Another unexpected benefit was that those treated with semaglutide lost 5% of their body weight over the course of the study
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Some people remove the vial, place it on the bathroom counter, shower, shave, get dressed, eat breakfast, then come back to prepare their injection 30-45 minutes later
We have a NIH laboratory-based science grant to study NAION, and we are beginning to look at the potential roles for the GLP-1 receptors in human tissue to answer the question of why NAION happens in some of these patients, he said
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