Pros and Cons Pros: Convenient and easy to take
Better metabolic labs: fasting glucose drops, A1C normalizes, triglycerides improve, blood pressure stabilizes
Wegovy targets weight management, starting also at 0.25mg before stepping up to a maintenance dose of 2.4mg at a weekly schedule
Early in treatment, side effects such as nausea can make exercise difficult
Independent and opposite associations of waist and hip circumferences with diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia: the AusDiab Study
Liver enzymes (ALT, AST): Elevated liver enzymes before starting GLP-1 therapy common in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which frequently accompanies the metabolic conditions these medications treat need to be documented