For some patients, that means maintaining weight loss
7 Still, Le, who is also a general surgery registrar at Royal Melbourne Hospital, says, I think it is too early to say this is a robust, durable, and generalizable effect given the high heterogeneity of underlying studies. He notes a need for more rigorous randomized controlled trials with longer follow-up times to better characterize the impact of these medications on weight and OSA together, as well as gain a better understanding of effect size, optimal doses, side effects, interactions with other medications, and impacts on other comorbidities
It typically follows a predictable pattern: worst during the first 1-2 days after each dose increase, gradually improving over the following 2-3 weeks, then resolving or becoming very mild before the next escalation
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