Your clinician can discuss dose adjustments or a slower titration plan so you can make progress without driving rapid weight loss
For weight management , safe discontinuation strategies include: Implementing or intensifying lifestyle modifications before stopping the medication, including structured dietary changes and increased physical activity
While GLP - 1 drugs have been used so far primarily to manage diabetes and clinical obesity defined as having a body mass index (BMI) above 30 the EY-Parthenon survey confirms that the user base is changing as it grows to include more people with moderate weight problems and those who just want to look slimmer
For millions of people struggling with weight loss and blood sugar control, it delivered results that older medications could not match
Every patient gets a body-composition scan, included free of charge with every consultation, for every patient, on every visit
The delay of gastric emptying with semaglutide may influence the absorption of concomitantly administered oral medicinal products [see Drug Interactions (7.2)]