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How Are Injectable Weight Loss Medications Changing and Impacting Traditional Dieting?
Injectable weight loss medications
Injectable weight loss medications are proving far more efficacy than traditional dieting or exercise. Clinicals trials using Wegovy showed an average of 15% body weight loss. Comparing these numbers to traditional dieting showed the drug to provide five times more weight loss. Injectable weight loss drugs are able to prevent hunger and cravings making it easier for patients to make changes to their lifestyles. Telling a patient that is obese to make lifestyle changes is often ineffective. Injectable weight loss drugs help the brain change lifestyle habits that are necessary to make a diet work. These injectable medications show that the metabolism and hormones in the body plays a large role in weight loss. Traditional dieting does not alter hormones to curb a person’s appetite or cravings. Injectable weight loss drugs provide effective weight loss to prevent unwanted diseases associated with obesity.
Why were they created?
The original purpose of injectable weight loss drugs was to treat diabetes; however, many other successes were shown such as decreasing cardiovascular events. These injectable drugs can help lower blood sugar without causing hypoglycemic effects.
Mechanism of Action
GLP-1 is a hormone found in the gut that has receptors in the gut and brain. There is an important physiological role it plays but maintaining glucose homeostasis. This hormone regulates appetite and food intake necessary for weight loss.
How do patients lose weight?
The injectable weight loss medications are effective, so how do they work? There are 2 ways GLP-1 receptor agonists can help a patient lose weight. It causes the stomach to empty slower. This means patients will eat smaller amounts. GLP-1 receptor agonists also signal to the brain that the stomach has food. It is shown to decrease appetite and cravings.
Summary:
- Effectiveness of Injectable Weight Loss Medications: Injectable drugs like Wegovy show 15% body weight loss, five times more than traditional dieting, by curbing hunger and cravings.
- Purpose of Creation: Originally developed for diabetes treatment, injectable weight loss drugs have proven successful in reducing cardiovascular events and lowering blood sugar without causing hypoglycemia.
- Mechanism of Action: GLP-1, a gut hormone, regulates appetite and food intake, playing a crucial role in weight loss. Injectable drugs slow stomach emptying, leading to smaller meals, and signal the brain to decrease appetite and cravings.
- Impact on Lifestyle Changes: Injectable medications help obese patients by influencing metabolism and hormones, making it easier to adopt necessary lifestyle changes for effective weight loss.
- Overall Impact: Injectable weight loss drugs are transforming weight management, offering efficacy beyond traditional methods and addressing physiological factors, potentially preventing obesity-related diseases.
This article reviewed by Dr. Jim Liu, MD and Ms. Deb Dooley, APRN.
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