clinicians should monitor for gastrointestinal cramping or bradycardia in co-treated patients
The available evidence suggests that older adults derive similar clinical benefits as younger adults with comparable weight loss and an equivalent associated impact on obesity-related complications, with likely improved adherence to treatment regimes
Just some of the health issues that can arise from obesity are cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia (increased and/or too much fatty material in the blood), insulin resistance, fatty liver, regular hyperventilation, sleep apnea, kidney and gallstones, diabetes, asthma, and cancer
If You Have Pre-Existing Thyroid Conditions If you have hypothyroidism and take levothyroxine, your provider may recommend checking TSH and free T4 levels more frequently during the first few months of GLP-1 therapy and after significant weight loss
The consequences of these deficiencies show up in ways that many GLP-1 users initially attribute to the medication itself