In the SURMOUNT-1 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, participants taking Zepbound achieved remarkable average weight reductions: 15% (34 lbs) at the 5mg dose, 19.5% (43 lbs) at 10mg, and 20.9% (approximately 48 lbs) at the highest 15mg dose over 72 weeks
(21) Conditionally Essential Amino Acids Now lets talk about amino acids that are considered conditionally essential
Limit fried foods, high-fat meals, sugary foods, and heavily processed fast food, which can worsen nausea, bloating, and digestive side effects
Recently surfacing are anecdotal accounts of GLP-1 medications also helping people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) manage their pain and experience a decrease in flare-ups
Additional measures could also include intubating selected patients on these medications instead of canceling procedures, since many of these patients also have comorbidities that may necessitate aspiration precautions such as intubation