During this appointment, youll discuss your health history, current medications, and treatment goals
These medications (liraglutide 3mg/Saxenda and semaglutide 2.4mg/Wegovy) may be prescribed for adults with a BMI of 35 kg/m or greater (or 32.5 kg/m for people from South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African, or African-Caribbean backgrounds) who have at least one weight-related comorbidity and have not achieved adequate weight loss through dietary and exercise interventions
This needs to be more accessible. Eventually, some GLP-1 agonists will become generic, which would further help bring down the price and solve problems of accessibility by allowing more doctors to prescribe them to patients who actually need them
Semaglutide GLP-1 belongs to a category of medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which mimic the glucagon-like peptide-1 hormone that regulates feelings of fullness after eating
These inherited factors affect both skin structure and immune function, creating a two-part problem that no single treatment can fully address