Another study, from the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that after 68 weeks of treatment, individuals lost 15% of their body weight, compared with 2.4% in the placebo group
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For those reasons, Dr South said a patients regular GP is generally better placed to provide obesity management
Joseph Rizzo, senior author of the July 2024 study that found an association between semaglutide and NAION, called the condition, in effect, a stroke of the optic nerve. Rizzo is the director of neuro-ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston
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For intramuscular injection, insert the needle at a 90-degree angle into muscle (deltoid, thigh, or gluteus)