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If a patient is on a much higher dose, they have an increased risk for more significant side effects with long term use," he said
For people with diabetes taking GLP-1s, kidney function markers like urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio may improve, suggesting kidney protective effects, though the magnitude of benefit is less than with some other diabetes medications like SGLT2 inhibitors
During the trial, additional anti-diabetic medication was initiated as an add on to randomized treatment by 15%, 2% and 1% of patients randomized to placebo, semaglutide tablets 7 mg and semaglutide tablets 14 mg, respectively
Providing you are not experiencing any intolerable or serious Wegovy side effects, you should remain on the treatment for as long as you need to
One of the key arguments in the case is whether or not pharmaceutical companies like Novo Nordisk should be the sole provider of information on shortages of their own medications
