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The precise timeline based on clinical trial tracking: Weeks 1-3: Mild symptoms beginning, most patients adapting to medication Weeks 4-8: Peak side effect period highest nausea, GI symptoms at their worst Weeks 9-12: Rapid improvement, most GI symptoms resolving Weeks 13-24: Minimal symptoms for most, discontinuation rate drops to under 2% Weeks 25-48: Essentially no side effects for 85%+, focus shifts to weight maintenance According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on GLP-1 agonists, this pattern is consistent across the entire class of incretin-based therapies