The reliance on outside certificates of analysis is itself an admission that the normal guardrails of identity, potency, sterility and quality control are absent
The action of HCG is virtually identical to that of pituitary LH, although HCG appears to have a small degree of FSH activity as well
It must be handled by qualified personnel following SDS and institutional guidelines
Patients may change their injection day as long as there are at least 2 days (48 hours) between consecutive doses
Secondary efficacy endpoints included proportion of participants achieving body weight loss of 5% or more and 10% or more from baseline to week 24, change from baseline to week 24 in body weight, waist circumference and BMI, change from baseline to week 24 in glucose metabolism parameters (HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and fasting insulin), changes from baseline to week 24 in cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, lipids [total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides]), changes from baseline to week 12 and week 24 in serum uric acid and ALT, changes in IWQOL-Lite scores, as well as changes from baseline to week 36 in body weight, waist circumference, BMI, glucose and cardio-metabolic risk factors
Alves, D