The FDA said it will give compounding pharmacies time to wind down "to avoid unnecessary disruption to patient treatment." The FDA said compounders have until April or May, depending on their regulatory status, to stop compounding, distributing or dispensing semaglutide injection products
As retatrutide has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the time the drug stays in the body still remains to be determined
Until retatrutide has equivalent data, semaglutide is the evidence-based choice for people with established heart disease
Semaglutide dosing typically escalates over weeks, and rushing to higher doses or plateauing at a suboptimal level can limit results
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