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The cardiovascular data are particularly compelling
COPENHAGEN/LONDON Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is launching its once-daily Wegovy pill in the United States on Monday, offering 1.5 milligram (mg) and four mg doses at US$149 per month for self-paying patients in an intensely competitive weight-loss drug market
Common side effects are minimal and localizedmild soreness, redness, or bruising at the injection site typically resolve within hours to days
Graham Lipkin, a Consultant Nephrologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, highlights this risk: "Some of the side effects of GLP-1 medicines include dehydration, which can result in acute kidney injury (AKI)