Instruct patients to contact their health care provider as soon as possible if they experience symptoms of heart failure, including increasing shortness of breath, rapid increase in weight or swelling of the feet [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]
Also, possible development of thyroid tumors, including thyroid cancer
The American Academy of Plastic Surgery reports a 50 percent spike in fat-grafting procedures, and one in four surgeons anticipate that GLP-1 medications will drive a growing demand for non-surgical treatments like injectable fillers and skin-tightening procedures
Overall, these data are encouraging that novel weight-loss medications are effective at reducing body weight and they are also effective at improving many of the cardiometabolic complications of obesity including hypertension, Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia, among others
Obesity is an epidemic in this country