A hormone treatment called tesamorelin temporarily raises blood sugar by 7 points more than a placebo in people with HIV after two weeks of treatment, but this effect goes away after six months.

Even though it reduces belly fat, the injection doesn’t make blood sugar worse or cause diabetes in these patients.

Even though the drug reduces belly fat, it doesn’t make blood sugar worse — which is important because some fat-loss drugs can cause diabetes risk.

Tesamorelin helps lower triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, by about 12% in HIV patients on medication compared to those not taking it. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

A hormone treatment called tesamorelin decreases belly fat by 42 square centimeters more than a placebo in people with HIV who have excess abdominal fat after six months of treatment.

A daily injection called tesamorelin helps HIV patients with a big belly lose nearly 11% of their dangerous internal belly fat in six months, while those getting a fake shot don’t lose any.