How does it work for weight loss?

Semaglutide is an injectable glucagon-like peptide-l (GLP-1) agonist that is administered once weekly for obesity. Semaglutide is proven to be more effective than all previous weight loss medications! 

Semaglutide is an incretin hormone that plays a role in your appetite and digestion. Incretins (hormones released by your small intestine) are sent out by your body after you've eaten a meal to help lower your blood sugar by triggering insulin and blocking other sources of sugar. It also slows down how quickly food leaves your stomach, (gastric emptying.) The result of these actions causes you to feel full - lowering your appetite and causing you to lose weight.

Medications like GLP-1 agonists are referred to as incretin mimetics since they "mimic" these effects. We do this with the lowest effective dosing. We may need to adjust your dose every 2 weeks in order to achieve that goal.

Nausea:

• Small, frequent meals
• Lower your alcohol consuption
• Eat low fat meals
• Bland diet-bananas, rice, toast
• Ginger, Unisom, Vitamin B6 for nausea
• Zofran (ondansetron), which can be taken as 1 tablet under the tongue every 6 hours as needed for nausea, may be called out by your provider.

Constipation:

• Stay hydrated
• Exercise
• High fiber diet
• Over the counter stool softeners like Miralax, Colace, Senna

Is semaglutide right for you?

Schedule a consultation to find out if Semaglutide is the right choice for you.

You cannot take Semaglutide if you fall under any of the following categories:

• Have personal or family history of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
• Have (MTC)personal or family history of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, type 2
• Have had (MEN 2) a prior allergic reaction to Semaglutide or to any of its ingredients* (serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis and angioedema, have been reported with Semaglutide)
• Have diabetic retinopathy (diabetic eye disease)
• Are pregnant or trying to get pregnant (the estimated background risk of major birth defects is ~3% and the estimated background risk of miscarriage is ~18% – these percentages are increased with use of Semaglutide during pregnancy)
• Are breast-feeding (Semaglutide is present in breast milk)
• Are less than 18 years old.
• Have depression with a history of suicidal thoughts.