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This extended presence influences clinical decisions around surgery, switching medications, and discontinuation strategies

Food and drug administration

If you find it hard to catch your breath, feel tightness in your chest, or hear wheezing sounds, seek emergency help right away

These medications are administered subcutaneously, meaning they are injected into the fatty tissue layer beneath the skin rather than into muscle

They contain the same active ingredient (semaglutide) but in different forms

A 2022 study in Nature Medicine found a mean body weight reduction of 15.2% over 104 weeks, compared to 2.6% for the placebo group