Effectiveness: In a study of 3,731 people who had a BMI of at least 30 or a BMI of at least 27 plus high cholesterol or high blood pressure, 63% lost at least 5% of their body weight and 33% lost more than 10% of their body weight at week 56 after taking 3 mg of liraglutide daily
On average, patients who respond well to Ozempic as a weight loss treatment will lose around 6% of their body weight within the first year of taking the medication, with those who continue taking it for at least 18 months being able to lose closer to 1015% of their body weight
What we do in that scenario is keep patients at the lowest dose before escalating, to let their body adjust to the medication. While the low and slow method can work for many people, with side effects often leveling out over time, for some, they arent tolerable, even at the lowest starting dose
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