It is administered as a daily injection, which some patients find less convenient than the weekly dosing of semaglutide
Factors that should alert clinicians to possible nondiabetic aetiologies include an absence of retinopathy, duration of diabetes less than five years, acute renal injury pattern of renal dysfunction rather than gradual progression, presence of haematuria or other systemic disease and presence of nephrotic syndrome (albuminuria greater than 3 g/day, low serum albumin level, oedema and symptoms such as frothy urine)
We adjust dosing based on your response, side effects, labs, and body composition data not just a number on a scale
The medication doesnt clear from your system between doses
By month seven, most participants reported essentially zero side effects apart from the appetite suppression that the medication is designed to produce
Monitoring Triglycerides During Treatment If your triglycerides were elevated before starting GLP-1 treatment, checking a fasting lipid panel at three to six months gives a useful early read on how your labs are responding