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New weight loss drugs are proving highly effective at reducing obesity.

Though effective, GLP-1 and semaglutide weight loss medications are no quick fix.

Understanding the risks and benefits is key to making an informed choice.

The goods on game-changing GLP-1 and semaglutide weight loss medications, and 6 steps to a healthy approach to weight loss and management. In a world where we are bombarded with social media influencers and celebrities using their sizable audiences to impart their experiences, thoughts, and unsolicited advice, there is no substitute for sound medical advice and a solid, evidence-based approach to weight loss and long-term weight management.

The ever-expanding array of GLP-1 and semaglutide prescription weight loss medications is surpassed only by the plethora of sensationalized misinformation of miracle cures, magic bullets. What the new weight loss drugs are not is a simple, one-stop solution to a complex and often lifelong challenge.

Here is a brief overview of GLP-1 and semaglutide weight loss medications, their benefits, risks, and side effects, and a seven-step approach to help determine whether a weight-loss prescription medication might be right for you.

A brief history / a promising future

This class of medications was developed in the early 2000s to treat Type 2 Diabetes. Later, in 2019, it was approved for the treatment of obesity. Since that time, usage has soared a whopping 700 percent. At present, close to 12 percent — that’s one person in eight —of Americans have used these new........

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