Millions of people using GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and semaglutide are learning how to navigate restaurant menus more carefully
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However, accumulating evidence has identified additional GI complications, including cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, gastroparesis, and bowel obstruction, which may warrant caution in susceptible individuals
And indeed not only safe, but in fact cardioprotective, based on the SELECT trial
A 2021 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that people on semaglutide lost 14.9% of their body weight over 68 weeks versus 2.4% in the placebo group