It was first created to treat type 2 diabetes and has been shown to reduce blood sugar levels, reduce the risk of heart disease, and improve metabolic parameters
Splitting the dose into two or three servings reduces peaks and tends to be gentler
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For a drug to be approved for the pregnant population, it must go through rigorous testing with that population, and that has not yet happened for semaglutide or other GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) agonists, says Carrie Burns , MD, a board-certified endocrinologist and director of diabetes in pregnancy at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia