After 1-2 weeks the dose can be increased to 1500 mg per day (750 mg twice a day or 500 mg in AM and 1000 mg in PM)
How GLP-1s Offer Real-World Heart Protection The evidence that GLP1-s reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke comes from large cardiovascular outcomes trials designed to measure what researchers call MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events
Over time, it slows down the speed at which food leaves your stomach, causing you to feel full sooner and longer
If calling and talking to someone is how you prefer to handle medical questions, that is a limitation
Indications: The FDA has approved Ozempic for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
The most common side effects are gastrointestinal nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation and they are tightly linked to slowed gastric emptying and to dose escalation