The medication is starting to interact with your GLP-1 receptors at a therapeutically meaningful level, and the food noise that many people describe, that constant background hum of thinking about eating, often begins to quiet
Contraindications include: pregnancy and lactation, personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN-2), history of pancreatitis, type 1 diabetes, severe gastrointestinal disease (including gastroparesis), and known hypersensitivity to GLP-1 analogues
The vast majority of patients move past the acute side-effect phase entirely and enjoy consistent appetite control with no ongoing discomfort
If your syringe has markings every 2 units and your dose is an odd number (like 5 or 15 units), you need to estimate the midpoint between two lines
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If you find it hard to catch your breath, feel tightness in your chest, or hear wheezing sounds, seek emergency help right away