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On average, patients can lose 10 to 20 percent of their body weight while taking these medications
GLP1 medications act like this hormone, slowing stomach emptying, reducing food cravings and food noise and enhancing insulin release after meals
Avoid high-fat meals, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage), legumes (beans, lentils), artificial sweeteners (sorbitol, xylitol), and carbonated drinks, as these are harder to digest or produce excess gas when gastric emptying is slowed
About 69% of semaglutide users lose at least 10% of body weight, compared to approximately 33% of Saxenda users
Encouragingly liver injury was not seen in any of the patients who took the drug in the trial and the side effects they experienced were similar to those encountered using the drug in an injectable form