It is a once-weekly subcutaneous injection (just under the skin), typically administered in the abdomen, thigh, or upper arm
But the benefits go far beyond that
The degree of melanin pigmentation is determined by the number and distribution of melanocytes in the basal cell layer of the oral epithelium of each anatomical region, by their melanogenic activity, by the degree of arborisation of the dendritic processes of the melanocytes, and by the number, size, and distribution of melanosomes in the melanocyte-keratinocyte unit [46]
Semaglutide does not affect cytochrome P450 enzymes, so psychiatric medications metabolized by CYP2D6, CYP3A4, etc., are unaffected
For example, a recent analysis of the FDAs reporting system (FAERS) highlighted that taste disturbances (dysgeusia) are noted more frequently by patients using GLP-1RAs in everyday practice than in clinical trial reports (161)