Besides improving glucose control, reducing body weight, and lowering arterial blood pressure (surrogate endpoints), the breakthroughs were the demonstration of a significant reduction in cardiovascular and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk
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To assess the impact of follow-up duration, Cox models were stratified by 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The main difference is that semaglutide has a slightly longer half-life, which means even more timing flexibility, and a shorter minimum interval between doses (48 hours versus 72 hours)
The usual suspects are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation