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These medications act on the brain to reduce appetite signals and slow gastric emptying, so that people feel fuller with less food and for longer, which may support reductions in body fat over time, she explains

Maintaining weight loss after GLP-1s depends on long-term habits that lower carbohydrate intake, increase physical activity, and manage stress

The most common reason for discontinuation is not lack of efficacy but side effects during titration, cost, or loss of insurance coverage

Medicaid covers GLP-1 medications but whats covered depends heavily on why you need one

Current clinical programs are investigating how microdosing GLP-1s may help treat early metabolic dysfunction (like in perimenopause) and help minimize the common side effects associated with higher doses