Primary care physicians will likely need education and training focused on this new class of medications, given a shortage of endocrinologists and obesity medicine specialists. Lee and colleagues noted there were study limitations, such as a lack of data on prescription indication, including whether it was used off-label. However, the increase in dispensing of injectable semaglutide for weight management suggests increasing use for this indication, they wrote
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Shes heard that there you just tell them a weight that would put you at a BMI of 27 or more, and theyll prescribe without validating it. Other women I spoke with said they obtained brand-name, FDA-approved GLP-1s like Zepbound and Wegovy through a health care provider willing to prescribe them off-label to people with lower BMIs
Cytoprotective role of heme oxygenase (HO)-1 in human kidney with various renal diseases
Weight loss medications have transformed obesity management over the last few years, with Semaglutide emerging as one of the most effective treatments available
Potential mental health benefits Reduced food noise and cognitive load Many individuals describe a quieting of constant food-related thoughts
