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A few patients very infrequently can be allergic to it
Having megaloblastic anemia can make you more at risk of suffering from osteoporosis, problems with your vision, struggle with memory, worsened cognitive functioning, and if you were to become pregnant, it increases the risk of birth defects in the fetus
In STEP 1, participants without diabetes who received semaglutide 2.4 mg weekly lost an average of 14.9% of their body weight over 68 weeks compared to 2.4% with placebo
Both of these mechanisms cause food to travel through the digestive system more slowly
Brain Regions Involved: GLP-1 receptors are found in key areas like the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens (NAc), which are central to the brain's reward pathways
