A survey of physician experience and treatment satisfaction prescribing once-weekly semaglutide injections for patients with type 2 diabetes in Canada.

ABSTRACT: We assessed physicians' experiences of prescribing once-weekly (OW) semaglutide to patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Canada. Physicians who had prescribed OW semaglutide to ≥2 patients with T2D in the past 12 months and had been doing so for ≥3 months were surveyed during 1-17 October 2018. Prescribing reasons, treatment satisfaction and reasons for discontinuation were assessed. Of the 50 participants, 72% and 54% were prescribed OW semaglutide due to its superior glycemic control and effect on weight, respectively. Most physicians were more satisfied with injection frequency (62%), effect on weight (60%), achieving HbA1c target (54%) and therapy simplicity (50%) with OW semaglutide versus other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists. Treatment discontinuations in 13% of OW semagl

SUBMITTER: Qureshy K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8955057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature