Semaglutide
Medically Supervised Weight Loss
Semaglutide is a new-age medication that aids in weight loss and controlling blood sugar levels. The medication semaglutide is used for weight loss in certain patients, as well as to lower blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes in patients with type two diabetes. In addition to increasing insulin release, lowering glucagon release, delaying gastric emptying, and reducing appetite, semaglutide is a GLP-1 agonist.
The effects of semaglutide include increasing insulin levels, lowering glucagon levels, and delaying gastric emptying in order to lower high blood sugar levels. Additionally, semaglutide helps control appetite, thereby reducing the amount of food you want to eat. The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist semaglutide works by enhancing the release of glucagon. Your appetite and digestion are controlled by GLP-1, an incretin hormone. As soon as you eat, your body releases incretins – hormones that are released by the digestive system. Insulin is released and sugar production is blocked, thus lowering your blood sugar levels.
Additionally, they slow down the rate at which food leaves your stomach (called gastric emptying). You feel full as a result of these actions, which lowers your appetite and causes you to lose weight. Incretin mimetics are medications that mimic incretin effects, such as GLP-1 agonists.
What is it?
Semaglutide Benefits
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Promotes a sensation of fullness in the brain
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Slows gastric emptying in the intestines to help feel fuller, longer
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Weight loss
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Blood sugar-lowering effects without any increase in hypoglycemia
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De-escalates out of control glucagon levels, both in fasting and after eating
How does it work?
Semaglutide injection is in a class of medications called incretin mimetics. It works by helping the pancreas to release the right amount of insulin when blood sugar levels are high. Insulin helps move sugar from the blood into other body tissues where it is used for energy. Semaglutide injection also works by slowing the movement of food through the stomach and may decrease appetite and cause weight loss.
Injecting
Semaglutide injection comes as a solution (liquid) in a prefilled dosing pen to inject subcutaneously (under the skin). It is usually injected once a week without regard to meals. Use semaglutide injection on the same day each week at any time of day. You may change the day of the week that you use semaglutide as long as it has been 2 or more days (48 or more hours) since you used your last dose. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use semaglutide injection exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Your doctor will start you on a low dose of semaglutide injection and increase your dose after 4 weeks. Your doctor may increase your dose again after another 4 weeks based on your body's response to the medication.
Semaglutide injection helps to control diabetes and weight loss, but it is not a cure. Continue to use semaglutide injection even if you feel well. Do not stop using semaglutide injection without talking to your doctor.
Semaglutide Side Effects
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Excessive feelings of fullness that go beyond the desired results
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Feeling dizzy or light-headed
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Persistent lethargic feeling
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Gastrointestinal discomfort
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Diarrhea
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Nausea