Sounds like magic: a periodic injection that helps you manage your weight. But all magic, scientific or otherwise, can have bad consequences.
People are excited about using diabetes medications for weight loss, paying out of pocket for un-covered medical expenses and making it hard for diabetics to get the those drugs.
Patients taking either of these glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists had nine times an elevated risk for pancreatitis. They were also four times more likely to develop bowel obstruction and over 3.5 times more likely to experience gastroparesis.
LP-1 Agonists Linked to Higher Risk for Rare but Serious GI Complications – Medscape – Oct 05, 2023.
Beyond that, although these drugs may give you a leg-up on resistant weight loss, unless you change your lifestyle, you will gain it all back. It’s the same with extreme dieting, and with bariatric surgery. Your body is a perfect reflection of what you do with it: your movement patterns and your eating patterns. Change the patterns, change the body. There are no magic solutions without risks. Behavior change is a science all its own, and a Health and Wellness Coach can help you find those keys within yourself, injections or not. Let’s talk about what is possible for you. Book a FREE Discovery Consult.