Typically, from the fifth month onward, your doctor may have you stay at 1.7 mg or increase to 2.4 mg
The Committee also advised that treatment with Wegovy should be discontinued and re-evaluated if adolescent patients have not reduced their BMI by at least 5% after 12 weeks on a 2.4mg or maximum tolerated dose
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Hormonal status (i.e., pregnancy): Maternal toxicity can negatively affect the fetus
Recent studies show that at week 104, 83.3% of individuals using semaglutide experienced at least a 5% decrease in body mass, compared to only 34.9% in the placebo group
But more and more research has shown that GLP-1s have other benefits, particularly when it comes to weight management, whether you have Type 2 diabetes or not