The short answer: You can begin with your primary care clinician, a specialist in obesity medicine, or in some cases a telehealth provider
Rocio Pereira, MD, chief of Endocrinology at the safety-net hospital system Denver Health and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, says that many of her patients report that semaglutide helps them eat less and that it has become easier for them to eat healthy foods and avoid junk food since starting on the medication
The review also notes a temporary worsening of diabetes-related retinopathy during rapid glycemic improvement, an increased aspiration risk from delayed gastric emptying, and the need to protect against nutritional deficiencies and loss of muscle or bone mass during rapid weight loss
She said, This is the first Thanksgiving Ive been to where I wasnt obsessed about, okay I cant eat this much, or I cant do this
Studies using animal models of obesity have found typical neurobiological characteristics of addiction in the brain systems, which result from behaviors similar to addiction to fat and sugar-rich foods
These agents improve glycemic control, lower blood pressure, support weight reduction, and offer well-documented cardioprotective benefits
