Originally developed to manage type 2 diabetes, both drugs are approved as weight management medications
To overcome this challenge, oral semaglutide uses a special carrier molecule that protects the drug until it reaches the small intestine for absorption
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If your programming is poor, your protein intake is inadequate, or you're not recovering properly, you won't achieve optimal body recomposition regardless of what medications you're using
Additionally, people using these drugs cut their grocery spending by 6% within six months, as they consume fewer ultra-processed foods
And it turns out much of this is not strictly weight loss dependent. In the SELECT cardiovascular outcomes trial published in November 2023, semaglutide was associated with a 20% risk reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events in patients 45 years of age or older compared with placebo