The idea is to inject as close to the target tissue as possible
For starters, weight loss medication is shown to cause side effects for an overwhelming majority of patients
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For instance, in November 2023, results from the SELECT trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg reduced the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% in adults with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease without diabetes, highlighting the expanding role of long-acting GLP-1 analogues beyond glycemic control into cardiovascular risk reduction
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