Most recently, a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled phase IIa study in patients with refractory chronic cough with an alkaline hypertonic divalent salt pH 9 aerosol (SC0023) confirmed the treatment efficacy results of the exploratory trial, while further reporting a reduction in daily cough rate for patients with heavy cough (19 coughs h 1 ) exceeding 70% relatively to baseline up to 3 weeks post-treatment (NCT07003347)
However, at this stage there simply isn't any evidence that this treatment is effective and capable of causing short or long term fat loss
The current medical consensus, reflected in obesity medicine guidelines from organizations such as the American Gastroenterological Association and Obesity Medicine Association, treats obesity as a chronic disease requiring long-term pharmacological management in most cases, similar to hypertension or hyperlipidemia
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There is no downtime involved with the injections