If your team decides it is safest for you to continue your GLP-1 up until surgery, they will often prescribe a 24-hour preoperative liquid diet or perform a point-of-care gastric ultrasound to physically confirm your stomach is empty before administering sedation
Liver disorders: Up to 90% of obese individuals have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a precursor to the potentially life-threatening NASH
This has increased the possibility of hypothalamic leptin resistance in IIH
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The FDA has received reports of serious gastrointestinal issues related to Ozempic, yet the label only lists a possibility of severe gastric reactions, without listing specific types of reactions, other than ileus
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