Many patients receive compounded GLP-1 medications in vials and feel unsure about injecting at home
In the STEP-1 trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2021, once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide at 2.4 mg produced a mean placebo-adjusted body weight reduction of 12.4% at 68 weeks in adults with overweight or obesity (Wilding et al., NEJM, 2021)
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19 In the study, the researchers used a large electronic health record database to conduct a nationwide retrospective cohort study to assess the association of semaglutide with the incidence and recurrence of suicidal ideation compared with non-GLP1R agonist anti-obesity medications in individuals with overweight or obesity
If positive, they would add sleep apnoea to the list of obesity comorbidities in which retatrutide demonstrates clinical benefit strengthening the NICE cost-effectiveness case for NHS access by demonstrating benefit across multiple conditions simultaneously
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