In addition to pain relief, semaglutide improved physical function, measured by the SF-36 Health Survey, with an average increase of 12 points, nearly doubling the improvement seen with placebo
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The activation resulted in decreased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1 and IL-6 in adipose tissue, ultimately reducing inflammation (Shin et al., 2014)
The Phase 2 trial data confirms this: the 1mg dose group achieved only 8.7% weight loss at 48 weeks, indicating that low doses produce modest effects that accumulate slowly
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