In a 55-year-old woman with obesity and prediabetes, fasting plasma glucose rose from 107 to 169 mg/dL and HbA1c from 6.0% to 6.6% after one month of semaglutide 0.25 mg.
In plain wordsIn one woman with obesity and prediabetes, blood sugar measures rose after one month of low-dose semaglutide, and the authors do not claim a cause.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseFasting plasma glucose and HbA1c after one month
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 0.25 mg once weekly · one monthAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Fasting plasma glucose
- 107 mg/dL
- baseline
- Fasting plasma glucose
- 169 mg/dL
- after one month
- HbA1c
- 6%
- baseline
- HbA1c
- 6.6%
- after one month
Source sentences
After one month, despite a 4 kg weight loss and no significant gastrointestinal symptoms, fasting plasma glucose increased to 169 mg/dL and glycated haemoglobin to 6.6%.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We report a 55-year old woman with obesity and prediabetes who started once-weekly semaglutide 0.25 mg for weight management and glycaemic control.
Baseline fasting plasma glucose was 107 mg/dL and glycated haemoglobin was 6.0%.