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Advancing Your Clinics Metabolic Strategies The landscape of medical weight loss is evolving beyond one-size-fits-all treatments

Korda M (2024)

The HISTORI trial tested whether semaglutide could safely improve metabolic health in patients with schizophrenia without worsening psychiatric stability

Weeks 1 through 4: 0.25mg per week (1mg total used over 4 weeks) Weeks 5 through 8: 0.5mg per week (2mg total used over 4 weeks) Weeks 9 through 12: 1.0mg per week (4mg total used over 4 weeks) Weeks 13 through 16: 1.7mg per week (6.8mg total used over 4 weeks) Week 17 onward: 2.4mg per week (maintenance dose) During the first four weeks at 0.25mg weekly, you use only 1mg from your 10mg vial

Worse than lifestyle alone When directly compared, weight regain after stopping drugs was significantly faster than after stopping behavioural programmes, independent of how much weight was initially lost

Clinical trial data illustrate this difference