Our study has demonstrated that a majority of people -- especially women -- are not getting the proper dosage from injections to the buttocks. There's no question that obesity is the underlying cause. |
People have to either lose weight, or we have to use longer needles. |
The more fat tissue there is in the buttock, the less likely the needle will reach the muscles underneath that fat. |
There is no question that obesity is the underlying cause. We have identified a new problem related, in part, to the increasing amount of fat in patients' buttocks. |
This results in the patient either not receiving the maximum benefit of the drug or receiving no benefit at all, because the drug levels are insufficient to have any effect. |