In addition, patients with major depressive disorder may suffer from either increases or decreases in appetite and weight during a depressive episode (Milaneschi et al., 2019), which is associated with differences in energy metabolism (Simmons et al., 2018) and function of the reward circuit (Kroemer et al., 2022
Although there are concerns about adverse events and side effects (including a rare cause of sudden blindness) and the loss of muscle as well as fat, there seem to be a number of beneficial side effects such as improvements in sleep apnea , and their possible use for addiction and inflammatory conditions
If they determine that Ozempic is right for you, they can provide a prescription
Second, if it does, how would anyone access it now
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