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by itchyouch 223 days ago
While the area under the curve for glp1 administration may be the same, good chance that the story is informing us of a mechanism such as the absorption rate between two different sites.

Slower absorption in the thigh may blunt the immediate peak dosing and the acute hunger effects.

As always, the small details matter. I'd guess that pharmacology also has their own thundering herd problem with the dosing of certain drugs.

One of the interesting bits about pharmacology seems to not be the active molecule as much as the innovations in delivery mechanism.