The medication's half-life of approximately 5 days means that therapeutic effects gradually diminish over several weeks following the last dose
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Benign semaglutide-related palpitations tend to be brief, not accompanied by chest pain, and not associated with fainting or severe shortness of breath
"While we make this near-term change, the health care affordability working group will focus on what I know the commission really wants to address: the underlying drivers of growing health care costs." Commissioner Jane Edmonds, who wanted the GIC to maintain coverage for GLP-1 drugs, said the board was making "not just money decisions" but choices that would directly impact people's health
A notable new concern is dysesthesia, an altered skin sensation described as sensitivity, pain, or burning, which occurred in about 23% of participants on the higher dose