High-fiber foods, certain carbohydrates (especially refined sugars and sugar alcohols), and large meal volumes all ferment more readily in your colon when gastric emptying is slowed
In 2025, the phentermine-topiramate ER (Qsymia) combination became available in generic form
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Lifestyle changes, influence of social media, celebrity endorsements and direct to consumer advertisements have led to a surge in the demand for GLP-1 drugs
Long term prescription of medications such as the following are likely to increase the cause of, or exacerbate the risk of B12 deficiency - the proton pump inhibitors (esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole), famotidine, ranitidine, metformin, glibenclamide, gliclazide, glimepiride, glipizide, sodium valproate, gabapentin, doxycycline, some oral contraceptives