A subset of participants with obstructive sleep apnea is also included
13-16 weeks : After assessment, your doctor will escalate the dosage to 8 mg once weekly for the next 4 weeks 17-21 weeks : If your body tolerates 8 mg for 4 weeks, your doctor will increase the dose to 12 mg once weekly onwards
Every healthcare provider is different
Besides, our study was neither randomized nor blinded, leading to potential bias, whose influence should be mitigated by matching for relevant confounders
One comes with monitoring, lab work, and clinical judgment
Furthermore, GLP-1-based medications such as GLP-1 receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, have been shown to improve diabetes control in preclinical and clinical trials with human subjects