When weight is lost, the body often becomes more efficient at using the thyroid hormones you are already producing or taking as medication
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Some patients reach meaningful weight loss results at lower dose levels, while others benefit from dose increases over time
However, if the medication is being prescribed for a covered condition (type 2 diabetes), coverage may still be possible
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Wadden, PhD, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and lead author of STEP 3, told Medscape Medical News in an email that "semaglutide 2.4 mg appears to be the breakthrough in weight management that healthcare providers and their patients with obesity have been waiting for." The mean 15% weight loss at 68 weeks is nearly twice what is seen with other FDA-approved anti-obesity medications, he noted, and moreover, 70% of patients taking semaglutide lost at least 10% of their initial weight, which is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in obesity-related type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and impaired quality of life