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All right, let's get into the drug of the day today and that is semi-glutide.

Now, if you are a close listener to the podcast, you'll know that I've covered oral semaglutide previously,

particularly closer to when the drug initially came out.

But I wanted to spend some time on injectable semi-glutide because there are some differences

specifically with regard to the indication that it can be used for.

So the injectable semi-glutide, this is sub-Q injection given once a week.

You can inject it, abdominal area, thigh, upper arm.

So whatever's most comfortable, basically, for the patient.

In my experience, most are going to do the abdominal injection just for comfort sake.

It's usually the easiest and simplest and potentially least painful as well.

This is injectable semi-glutide brand name OZempic.

Now that is the brand name for the dosing that is entailed in type 2 diabetes management.

And then there's also a product called Wegovi, which is for weight management or weight loss.

So it is important to know with the indications, and this is one of the reasons why I kind of separated

semi-glutide, and I'm doing it again here.

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