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Simultaneously, these agents reduce hunger signals from the hypothalamus, decreasing overall caloric intake

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The doses selected for Phase 3 (use our dosing calculator for personalized guidance), based on Phase 2 exposure-response analyses, were 6 mg, 12 mg, and 36 mg for obesity indications and 3 mg, 12 mg, and 36 mg for diabetes indications, reflecting a narrower and somewhat lower dose range than the Phase 2 program's maximum of 45 mg

as initiated) analyses, initiation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist was associated with a reduced risk of several incident SUDs (fig 3, fig 4, and supplementary table S6), including disorders related to alcohol use (hazard ratio 0.82 (95% CI 0.78 to 0.85), NRD per 1000 people 5.57 (6.61 to 4.53)), cannabis use (0.86 (0.81 to 0.90), NRD 2.25 (3.00 to 1.50)), cocaine use (0.80 (0.72 to 0.88), NRD 0.97 (1.37 to 0.57)), nicotine use (0.80 (0.74 to 0.87), NRD 1.64 (2.19 to 1.09)), and opioids use (0.75 (0.67 to 0.85), NRD 0.86 (1.19 to 0.52)), and other SUDs (0.87 (0.81 to 0.94), NRD 1.12 (1.68 to 0.55))