However, patients with symptomatic gallstones should typically undergo surgical evaluation and possible gallbladder removal before starting these medications to prevent complications during treatment
Patients who are also addressing excess fat through body contouring treatments or structured dietary programs may need fewer total injections because they have multiple tools working together
However, an increase in gastrointestinal adverse events, diarrhea, hypoglycemia, nausea, neoplasm, treatment-emergent adverse events, pancreatic enzymes, diabetic retinopathy complications, and pancreatic cancer was observed to accompany the treatment using semaglutide
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With about half a dozen drugs to choose from now and more in development, many doctors say these medications are revolutionizing treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases