50% of patients achieved more than 10% weight loss compared to 0% on lifestyle changes alone 23.1% of patients achieved more than 15% weight loss compared to 0% on lifestyle changes alone
However, when a drug is on the FDAs Drug Shortage List, the typical compounding limitations do not apply, which opens the door to compounded versions of popular drugs
thus any extrapolations from the study cannot be made (170)
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