If HIV patients stop taking tesamorelin after six months, all the belly fat they lost comes right back — meaning they have to keep taking it to stay leaner.

If HIV patients keep taking the injection for a full year, they lose even more belly fat inside their abdomen—about 18% total.

If HIV patients keep taking tesamorelin for a full year, their dangerous belly fat drops by about 18% compared to when they started — but we don’t know how much better that is than just stopping the drug, because the placebo group didn’t stay on it for a year.

A daily injection called tesamorelin helps HIV patients on medication lose belly fat inside their abdomen, while a fake shot doesn’t.

If HIV patients stop taking the injection, the belly fat they lost comes right back quickly.

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.