Keep a symptom diary : Record your urination frequency, fluid intake, and blood glucose readings for 12 weeks
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Compared with initiating an SGLT2i, semaglutide OW was associated with significantly greater improvements in weight, BMI, and HbA1c, but with similar all-cause HCRU and medical costs after 1 year
This is why obesity medicine specialists increasingly view these drugs as long-term treatments for a chronic condition, not as short-course interventions
Importantly, the medication was generally well tolerated, with most side effects described as mild
Close to half of patients lost at least 30% of body weight, a result historically associated with bariatric surgery