By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, July 20 (Reuters) South Africas Aspen Pharmacare said on Monday that its Canadian subsidiary had received regulatory approval from Health Canada for Aspen-Semaglutide, a generic version of Novo Nordisks blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic
One of its advantages over other antidiabetic drugs is that it has a long duration of action, thus, only once-a-week injection is sufficient.
When initiating semaglutide in patients already taking levothyroxine, clinicians may consider checking TSH levels 6-8 weeks after starting treatment, particularly for patients using oral semaglutide (Rybelsus) due to its documented effect on thyroxine exposure
Effort-discounting effects during the task were confirmed in all groups (main effects of effort and reward on acceptance probability p 0.05 for all questionnaires, see Supplemental Information Section 3 for a full description of questionnaire-based measures)
In case of medicine unavailability, talk to your doctor about free samples, pharmacies that may have 0.25 mg subcutaneous Wegovy injections, or alternatives to Wegovy