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type 2 diabetes

The population with the largest evidence base for these compounds.

65 topics 24 solved Group: Clinical

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Semaglutide formulation: what is in the licensed product besides the peptide
Semaglutide formulation: what is in the licensed product besides the peptide — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N…
VSNTEKSPEK+29 35 4.4k 1h
About the Comorbidities category
Type 2 diabetes, hepatic steatosis, sleep apnoea, cardiovascular and renal disease. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author…
DOJMKHBMCE 4 16k 12h
Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement
Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
NANRFKLWDP+2 6 30k 12h
Molecular mass of semaglutide and why the figure differs between sources
Molecular mass of semaglutide and why the figure differs between sources — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021)…
RSRMCWACDM+101 110 12k 16h
What a good consultation looks like from the other side
What a good consultation looks like from the other side — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
KFDFIBKPS+57 62 4.9k 22h
Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base — does this still hold?
Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Asking about a population rather…
EAASVBSDFW+17 22 4.5k 1d
Semaglutide and gastric emptying — the mechanism behind most of the side-effect profile
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Semaglutide and gastric emptying — the mechanism behind most of the side-effect profile Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SCALE ( N Engl J Med…
DEIBHMMMCN+115 122 2.6k 1d
PCOS and metabolic overlap: what is and is not studied
On the subject in the title: PCOS and metabolic overlap: what is and is not studied Working notes rather than a conclusion. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published trials in this…
SGPGBST 3 6.6k 1d
What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published trials in this class…
ATAPCLAIPM+15 19 6.4k 1d
[2026 update] Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first
On the subject in the title: Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
JSMRCI 2 5.9k 1d
Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions
Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
TFPPSDOBFR+51 56 1.4k 2d
Second pass at: When your prescriber and the evidence disagree
Second pass at: When your prescriber and the evidence disagree — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
BNMONRPFB+51 55 9.2k 2d
Revisiting: PCOS and metabolic overlap: what is and is not studied
Revisiting: PCOS and metabolic overlap: what is and is not studied — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published…
FEMHRSOBKD+55 59 26k 2d
When your prescriber and the evidence disagree
When your prescriber and the evidence disagree — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know…
YERDKFKVKP+14 18 273 2d
Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) cited in support of a claim I do…
SFNNRGCSAZ+14 18 10k 2d
Revisiting: Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit?
Revisiting: Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA ,…
AWBWCEPLEK+5 9 30k 8d
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published…
ITSGSRFVII+19 23 311 12d
Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on
On the subject in the title: Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
DVCCNKCOPO+52 56 8.1k 15d
Coming back to: What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg
The question in the title: What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have seen LEADER ( N Engl J…
SCHJSATKO+23 27 9.9k 1mo
Gastro-oesophageal reflux: improving or worsening?
The question in the title: Gastro-oesophageal reflux: improving or worsening? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
PMMNZDID+54 58 8.2k 1mo
[2026 update] What a good consultation looks like from the other side
The question in the title: What a good consultation looks like from the other side I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
GIJSATYAS+32 36 13k 1mo
Getting a referral rather than a refusal
Getting a referral rather than a refusal — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the difference and I would…
BPTMIPNIT+8 12 32k 2mo
Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit?
Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in…
NHAVBT 2 14k 2mo
What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg
What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA ,…
FEFTRW 2 10k 3mo
Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care —…
CNFNAISCJB+81 89 2.9k 3mo
Why semaglutide solutions can look faintly opalescent and when that matters
The question in the title: Why semaglutide solutions can look faintly opalescent and when that matters I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med ,…
DNGPRSDTMG+73 79 2k 4mo
Semaglutide half-life: where the 165 to 184 hour figure comes from
Semaglutide half-life: where the 165 to 184 hour figure comes from — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) and…
KBDBVBNTIG+128 145 3k 4mo
The most common factual error about semaglutide on the internet — what changed since
The most common factual error about semaglutide on the internet — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with STEP 1 ( N…
SKBOSBBDAL+42 46 1.7k 5mo
Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works Session topic: SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023). Please read it before…
MMLIYR 2 63k 5mo
Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set
Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published…
JMVKEFHJKB 4 12k 5mo