Unlike some medications that require daily dosing, weekly semaglutide injections offer convenience and simplicity for long-term use
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One trial provided data for the intravenous administration of semaglutide and also used different drug product strengths (see further descriptions in the Methods section of the Electronic supplementary material, ESM)
About the SELECT Trial 7 SELECT was a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide 2.4 mg versus placebo as an adjunct to standard of care for prevention of major adverse cardiovascular outcomes (MACE) in people with established cardiovascular disease with overweight or obesity with no prior history of diabetes
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These medications are relatively expensive and patients may need to use them continuously to maintain weight loss