Rapid weight loss itself can place additional stress on muscles, joints, and connective tissues
The UAB study shows that 91 percent of exposures are due to mistakes that happen when patients are administering the treatments on themselves, with 21 percent of those exposures related to errors on initial use of the pen
That would be expected, given that obesity and excess weight are risk factors for heart attack and stroke
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Nature Medicine, 30 (7), 2049-2057