You are evaluating therapies based on scientific promise and early-stage evidence, not proven lifespan extension in clinical trials
Primary care physicians will likely need education and training focused on this new class of medications, given a shortage of endocrinologists and obesity medicine specialists. Lee and colleagues noted there were study limitations, such as a lack of data on prescription indication, including whether it was used off-label. However, the increase in dispensing of injectable semaglutide for weight management suggests increasing use for this indication, they wrote
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Her imaging demonstrated return of lymphatic pumping and she experienced a significant improvement in quality of life, assessed by a validated lymphedema-specific patient reported outcome (PROM)
Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations Ozempic (Semaglutide)