Continuous use without breaks is not recommended
However, since the medication is also effective at promoting weight loss, it has been widely used off-label as a diet drug, and the manufacturer Novo Nordisk introduced a weight loss version of semaglutide, under the brand name Wegovy
Moreover, treatment of CC mice with NA rescued NAD + levels in skeletal muscle, improved muscle function, and increased Oxphos complexes expression, yet NA treatment had no effect on mitochondrial respiration 248
(2020, Drug Testing and Analysis) developed an immunopurification + high-resolution mass spectrometry method to detect Long R3-IGF-I and Des(1-3)-IGF-I in athlete samples establishing that IGF-1 LR3 is detectable by current anti-doping methods
London: IntechOpen (2021)
Recently, Semaglutide was also FDA-approved for weight loss