Early-week weight loss reflects four primary mechanisms: reduced caloric intake from appetite suppression, decreased water retention as insulin levels normalize, gastric emptying changes slowing digestion, and minor glycogen depletion
It protects your joints, supports your metabolism, helps your body use blood sugar, and plays a direct role in how long and how well you live
Your prescriber can review the timing of the symptoms, dosage, speed of weight loss, nutritional intake, physical side effects, other medications and mental health history before deciding on the most appropriate next step
Growth suppression by glucocorticoid therapy
What is Ozempic (semaglutide)
The medications anti-inflammatory properties may offer some indirect dermatological benefit, but that does not compensate for the structural laxity produced by rapid volumetric fat loss