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Your pen is a prefilled, single-patient-use, dial-a-dose pen

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The article attributes it to estrogen decline, which reduces insulin sensitivity, slows resting metabolic rate, and shifts fat distribution toward the abdomen

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The injection can be administered at any time on the scheduled day, and patients do not need to inject at the same time each weekonly the same day matters for maintaining steady-state drug levels