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People with HIV on medication who take tesamorelin feel better about their belly appearance, as both they and their doctors report improvements. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

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Effects of tesamorelin (TH9507), a growth hormone-releasing factor analog, in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with excess abdominal fat: a pooled analysis of two multicenter, double-blind placebo-controlled phase 3 trials with safety extension data.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2010 Sep

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Effects of tesamorelin (TH9507), a growth hormone-releasing factor analog, in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with excess abdominal fat: a pooled analysis of two multicenter, double-blind placebo-controlled phase 3 trials with safety extension data.

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DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0490

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HIV patients with belly fat buildup feel better about their appearance after taking tesamorelin, while those on a dummy pill don't notice a difference.

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Patients who got the real injection felt better about how their belly looked, while those who got the fake shot didn’t.

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Doctors see noticeable improvements in the belly shape of HIV patients taking tesamorelin, while those on a dummy pill show no change.

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People who took tesamorelin felt better about how their belly looked, and doctors also thought their belly looked better — even though their outer fat didn’t change, just the inside fat.

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Doctors who didn’t know who got the real drug thought patients’ bellies looked better after treatment.

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