Something I counsel patients on because I think its not as well understood by the public is that it is meant to be long-term use, said Ng, who specializes in treating obesity
The most common ones are gastrointestinal like nausea, constipation, diarrhoea, and occasionally vomiting, mainly in the early weeks or after a dose increase
If you have severe pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that will not go away, with or without vomiting, or you may feel the pain from your abdomen to your back
Lab Testing: What Gets Measured and Why It Matters Lab testing is often used in GLP-1 treatment to establish a safety baseline before medication starts
Despite promising findings, the lack of standardized experimental models and inconsistent GLP-1-RA dosing regimens across studies limits direct comparison and reproducibility