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Rotation: Advise patients to rotate injection sites regularly to avoid developing irritation or discomfort in one area
When to Stay at Your Current Semaglutide Dose Many people achieve their weight loss goals without ever reaching the maximum recommended dose, and remaining at a lower, well-tolerated dose is medically sound if results are steady and side effects are minimal
Medication adherence is critical
CVOTs cardiovascular outcome trials, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, GLP-1RAs GLP-1 receptor agonists, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, ACS acute coronary syndrome, OAD oral antidiabetic drugs, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, UACR urine albumin-creatinine ratio, CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI body mass index, T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, DPP-4i DPP-4 inhibitor, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, HF heart failure Outside of those major clinical trials, a nationwide retrospective study in Taiwan, China, evaluated the effects of DPP-4i in elderly patients with T2DM relative to cardiovascular outcomes
