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This shift now means that more consumers are using a GLP-1 for weight loss than its intended diabetes application, Glanbia Nutritionals senior customer marketing manager Bill Waltzek said on a recent FI webinar titled Metabolic Health and Weight Management in the GLP-1 Era. FI CEO Brian Choi added that the sustained interest in GLP-1 drugs a class of medication that mimics the effect of a naturally occurring hormone that regulates metabolic and cardiovascular processes is thanks to the concurrent interest in personal health and wellbeing
Home et al., 2009
If a patient were to just take the medication without any kind of lifestyle or behavior change, they could expect to lose between 15% and 20% of their body weight, depending on the specific GLP-1 they're taking
This is especially important after a dose increase or when the patient is also taking medication for diabetes, blood pressure, reflux, constipation, or other chronic conditions
Alcohol absorbed through a stomach that empties more slowly reaches the bloodstream differently than normal, and blood alcohol levels can be less predictable
