The precautionary principle would suggest we do our best to prevent aspiration events in these patients unless we have clear, high-quality evidence that patients taking GLP-1 RAs are not at increased risk of aspiration
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The Protein expression was detected using a FluorChem M System (ProteinSimple, CA, USA), and the quantification was performed using the Image J software (version 1.53 K, National Institutes of Health, USA)
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Due to the increase in use, science may need time to catch up on the side effects as in, to determine both short-term and long-term side effects as the drugs are used for different conditions and for longer periods of time
1 Key results: Semaglutide 2.4 mg: -15.8% body weight loss Liraglutide 3 mg: -6.4% body weight loss Treatment difference: -9.4 percentage points in favour of semaglutide The proportion achieving clinically meaningful weight loss: Important note about Ozempic doses The STEP 8 trial used semaglutide 2.4 mg, which is the Wegovy dose for weight management