In a man with treatment-refractory prurigo nodularis, a dramatic and progressive clinical improvement followed semaglutide initiation for obesity with no change to background treatment.
In plain wordsIn one man with stubborn prurigo nodularis, the skin condition improved a great deal after he started semaglutide for obesity.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableClinical improvement of treatment-refractory prurigo nodularis
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Skin and hair · Skin and wound
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Following initiation of semaglutide for obesity, and with no change to his background PN treatment, a dramatic and progressive clinical improvement was observed.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We report the case of a 64-year-old man with severe, treatment-refractory PN who had failed multiple lines of therapy over four years, including potent topical corticosteroids, dupilumab, and methotrexate.