Its table names sodium chloride at 0.9 percent as the isotonic carrier, sodium and potassium phosphate as pH buffers that hold the peptide stable across a storage temperature range, benzyl alcohol or phenol as preservatives in multi-dose vials, and water for injection as the pharmaceutical-grade diluent
Patients should work with their provider to find the right weekly dose rather than attempting to accelerate results through dangerous dosing changes
For those on a standard titration schedule at Centra Internal Medicine, this often occurs between the three-month and six-month marks
Other effects, some rare, include medullary thyroid carcinoma
The difference is that these risks are known and documented through clinical trials, so doctors know what to watch for
These benefits appear to be related, in part, to enhanced recruitment of collateral circulation, which supports oxygen delivery to compromised cardiac tissue