One method that doctors use to help patients involves injections of anesthetic to the nerves that control pain, a procedure called a nerve block
With its knobbly, black-and-pink beadwork skin, forked tongue, and neurotoxic venom delivered through grooved teeth rather than hollow fangs, it has inspired fear since the first settlers encountered it in the Gila River basin
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Two structural modifications (C18 fatty acid chain enabling albumin binding, and a substitution at position 8 conferring DPP-4 resistance) extend its half-life to approximately 1 week, enabling once-weekly subcutaneous dosing
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