Niall Harrison is a medical writer with Gardiner-Caldwell London who provided editorial assistance on behalf of Bayer Schering Pharma
This is the same mechanism that causes the initial "water weight" when starting creatine but in the context of GLP-1 therapy, maintaining intracellular hydration is a feature, not a bug
The condition may be more common as males age and the bodys natural processes start to slow down
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Discontinuation rates from the phase 2 trial due to side effects were generally low, though the broader literature on GLP-1 receptor agonists notes that discontinuation rates across the class can reach 20-50% within the first year