How does this compare to the traditional and very effective treatment by changing one's lifestyle including diet, and more physical exercise? Be smart!
Pill popping only seems so much easier and convenient! Surely, the pharmaceutical industry prefers it.
It takes up to 1.5 years of daily injections to reduce weight by max 20%? Bad deal!
We don't know how they work. Perhaps, in 5-10 years, we learn about their negative health effects!
"... the drugs work, but they are hard to find, expensive—around $700 a month without insurance for Wegovy which is prescribed for weight loss—and need to be taken forever to maintain weight loss and improve cardiovascular health when researchers don't yet fully understand their long-term effects. ...
The medications, also known as GLP-1 drugs, also reduce glucagon, a hormone secreted by the liver that causes glucose levels to rise in the bloodstream. ...
"In fact, the big studies coming out are telling us that [after taking one of these medications] for about a year to a year-and-a-half, people are achieving about 15% to 20% weight loss." ...
but scientists haven't figured out the precise mechanism for the way these medicines do that," ...
signs during endoscopies that Ozempic and Wegovy may slow the passage of food through the digestive system. "It is a concern for us," ... "So much so, that there is now a hospitalwide policy that patients must hold their GLP-1 medication for one week prior to their endoscopy. ...
Another concern? Everything we know about these medicines suggests you can't stop them without gaining back the weight and losing any gained control over diabetes ..."
The medications, also known as GLP-1 drugs, also reduce glucagon, a hormone secreted by the liver that causes glucose levels to rise in the bloodstream. ...
"In fact, the big studies coming out are telling us that [after taking one of these medications] for about a year to a year-and-a-half, people are achieving about 15% to 20% weight loss." ...
but scientists haven't figured out the precise mechanism for the way these medicines do that," ...
signs during endoscopies that Ozempic and Wegovy may slow the passage of food through the digestive system. "It is a concern for us," ... "So much so, that there is now a hospitalwide policy that patients must hold their GLP-1 medication for one week prior to their endoscopy. ...
Another concern? Everything we know about these medicines suggests you can't stop them without gaining back the weight and losing any gained control over diabetes ..."
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