1 The LEADER trial (Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcome ResultsA Long-Term Evaluation), a large double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, recently demonstrated that liraglutide added to standard therapy for a relatively short period of time (3.5-5 years) had a significant reduction in cardiovas-cular events and mortality compared to placebo in high-risk patients (hazard ratio [HR], 0.87
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Taking it twice a day is off-label, unsafe, and significantly raises the risk of severe insomnia, tachycardia, hypertension, and cardiac events
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The most commonly reported adverse reactions to semaglutide are nausea 47%, vomiting 29%, and diarrhea 24% among others