Keep reading to find out what you may experience when taking a GLP-1 to lose weight or manage your type 2 diabetes, how common the side effects are, and what steps you can take to help minimize them
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Consult your healthcare provider before making medical decisions, especially if a reaction is new, worsening, recurrent, or concerning
If you have documented obesity that is a health risk, then insurers are more receptive. Levin-Scherz notes the consulting firm is seeing more drug manufacturers sell GLP-1s directly to consumers, bypassing employer and insurer decisions
When you inject medication thats cold, it can cause the liquid to sting as it enters your skin
It's why prescription GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro are injected the molecules are too large and active at too high a dose to deliver any other way (with the exception of Rybelsus, which uses sophisticated absorption enhancers to make oral semaglutide work)