The maximum dose is 2 mg once a week
Recombinant human growth hormone and rosiglitazone for abdominal fat accumulation in HIV-infected patients with insulin resistance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, factorial trial
Importantly, the association was more pronounced in patients with obesity/overweight, indicating a potential protective effect against CRC that may be partly driven by weight loss, as well as other mechanisms unrelated to weight loss
These differences may reflect expectations as much as outcomes: Younger adults appear more sensitive to side effects, cost, or the friction of staying on treatment, while older adults may weigh benefits differently
As the IIH rates are rising consistently with the global obesity epidemic, healthcare professionals and patients with IIH should not hesitate from assessment, discussion, and management of obesity because this is central to sustained remission of IIH
Certain populations require modified approaches based on their specific circumstances