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Especially given that we now, I think, really understand how to make sure people don't lose weight and don't lose lean mass, and therefore, I suspect, don't lose bone density and all these other things that matter.
We've also seen some other weird things anecdotally.
Patients have told us that when they inject in the abdomen, the sub-Q fat of the abdomen, basically the anorexic effects are greater than if you inject in the leg or butt.
And we looked into this and there was some mechanistic data to suggest that maybe you're getting more vagal tone when you inject in the abdomen.
Again, I just don't know if any of these things are correct.
They would need to be studied.
But again, that would be a very important piece of data.
If there's a location you can inject this where you minimize the anorexic effect of the drug.
Again, for some people, that would be a feature, not a bug.
For some people, that would be a bug as opposed to a feature.
So you have to understand how to use the tool.
Yes, I'm glad you brought this up.
Yep.
And I'm glad you did.
So that's right.
For most people, probably not much of an issue.
But if you're at 300 pounds right now and your ideal body weight is 220, you don't need a DEXA to figure that out.
A DEXA can help.
But most people who are 300 pounds remember, gosh, at the end of high school, I was 220.
That was my good weight.