According to 3 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled obesity trials (BMI 30, or BMI 27 with at least 1 comorbidity of hypertension, dyslipidemia, or type 2 diabetes) conducted to evaluate the effect of CONTRAVE in conjunction with reduced caloric intake and increased physical activity, the average percentage of weight loss in patients at 56 weeks ranged from 3.7% to 8.1% with CONTRAVE, compared to 1.3% to 4.9% with placebo
Many competitors take longer, sometimes requiring several stages of assessment or lab results before a prescription is issued
It is a tripeptide, made up of three amino acids: cysteine, glycine, and glutamic acid
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Sermorelin is also a synthetic version of GHRH, and believed to be its shortest fully functional fragment