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Fatigue and decreased energy levels affect some users, particularly during the first few weeks

Week 1 starts with hope

What I advocate for is informed consent

I try to encourage every single one of my patients to seek out a body composition scale to at least get on it just once before they start a GLP-1, just so they already know their baseline lean body mass status, she says

This can lead to significant improvements in overall health, including better control over blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels

While the oral form of semaglutide has been available for years as Rybelsus, the Ozempic branding is more widely recognized, which may lead to increased patient requests, Mir Ali, MD, bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA, told Medical News Today