In a 48-year-old man with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, muscle strength returned to levels not seen in decades over the year after semaglutide started.
In plain wordsIn one man with a muscle disorder, strength returned over the next year after he started semaglutide.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseMuscle strength
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Exercise and physical function · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Over the next year his strength and quality of life returned to levels he had not had in decades.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Before the semaglutide he could not rise out of a chair without help and his gait was very slow.
The patient is a 48 year old man with hyperPP from a familial autosomal dominant sodium channel point mutation in the SCN4A gene at position 704 with a Threonine to Methionine substitution that lead to symptoms starting in early childhood.
In the spring of 2023, semaglutide was initiated for weight loss.