Keep the vial in its original box if one was provided, or store it in an opaque bag or container within the refrigerator
In a glycemic control trial evaluating a dose comparable to the 9 mg dose and the 25 mg semaglutide tablet doses in patients with T2D, 1.3% and 1.9% of patients in the 9 mg and 25 mg semaglutide group, respectively, reported moderate-severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy events, and 0% and 0.4% reported proliferative retinopathy events, respectively
This precision is one of the strongest arguments for vial-based dosing, especially during the critical early phases when finding your personal tolerance threshold matters most
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Do not try to "catch up" by injecting more
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