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The Phase 2 dose-finding trial (N=338), published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2023 (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301972), randomized participants with obesity (BMI 30-50) to retatrutide at doses ranging from 0.5mg to 12mg weekly or placebo over 48 weeks

What matters most is not the number itself but the supervised process that determines whether any higher level is appropriate, including a providers ongoing review of tolerance, health history, and treatment goals

This can lead to headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and muscle cramps that get misattributed to the medication itself

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For more information: Macrene Alexiades, MD, PhD, FAAD, is director and founder of the Dermatology & Laser Center of New York and a Healio Dermatology Peer Perspective Board Member