Wadden | Institutions: Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
By occupying GLP-1 receptors in the brain, the medication promotes insulin release, slows gastric emptying, reduces glucagon secretion from the liver, and affects the hunger control centre (lateral hypothalamus) of the brain to suppress appetite
You can learn more about alternative dosing approaches in our guide to split semaglutide dosing
This simply means you will "start low and go slow." You begin with a small introductory dose and gradually increase it over weeks or even months
In addition, many people have sensitivity to eggs that can be exacerbated on Ozempic