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The STEP-1 trial showed that once-weekly semaglutide led to a net 15% weight loss in non-diabetic, obese/overweight patients

Some practical considerations: Evening injection some patients prefer injecting in the evening so they can sleep through any initial side effects like nausea Consistency matters most choosing the same day and roughly the same time each week helps maintain stable drug levels Injection sites abdomen, thigh, or upper arm, with rotation between sites to reduce injection-site reactions What about non-standard intervals (every 5 days)

Many users report that the anticipation of the injection is far worse than the injection itself

So it cannot prove from this trial alone that retatrutide is better than existing treatments