Enhanced Metabolic Health In addition to weight loss, semaglutide improves metabolic health markers such as blood sugar levels, cholesterol, and blood pressure, contributing to overall well-being
These approaches give you and your doctor a chance to monitor how your hunger, weight and metabolic markers respond
Standards of Care in Diabetes2026, Retinopathy section
Fixed-ratio combination therapy for type 2 diabetes: the top ten things you should know about insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist combinations
A separate retrospective study published in 2025 in JAMA Ophthalmology compared patients who took either oral or subcutaneous semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and matched them to control based on race, sex, A1c and comorbid conditions such as DR, sleep apnea, hypertension and hyperlipidemia