Some researchers believe what theyre witnessing is the start of the replacement of bariatric surgery an effective but more invasive (and permanent) intervention with drugs that are getting even easier to take and showing additional benefits like reducing heart complications and protecting the brain from Alzheimers related neurodegeneration
If a plateau extends beyond 6 weeks and you are not yet at maximum dose, escalating to the next dose level is the standard approach
Standard 10 mg vial titration protocol Based on clinical trial dose escalation schedules and adjusted for the 10 mg vial format, here is the most commonly referenced protocol
MUC5AC and LDH measurements
Cohen LM, McCall MW, Hodge SJ, Freedman JD, Callen JP, Zax RH
Pieter Cohen, the study's senior author and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School