Side effects tend to include mild to moderate gastrointestinal issues like vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and constipation
If your body cannot tolerate the higher doses, your healthcare provider will delay the dose escalation for the next 4 weeks and keep you on the existing dose
When the drug is removed, a big risk is weight regain without re-building muscle, worsening insulin resistance and leaving the patient with a condition called sarcopenic obesity potentially worse off than prior to taking the GLP-1
But the end result is similar: you eat less
A common reconstitution approach is to add 2 mL of bacteriostatic water , which yields a concentration of 2.5 mg/mL
Increasing GLP-1 levels can help reduce appetite, help you feel fuller longer, and help aid in fat loss and healthy weight management