Just be sure you can take a big pinch of skin and fat together in other words, for a subcutaneous injection, you want to avoid muscle
NEJM (2025): Oral Semaglutide at a Dose of 25 mg in Adults with Overweight or Obesity
Interestingly, only about 0.2% of patients reported injection-site reactions during clinical studies
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