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Beyond Injections: We know weight plateaus often result from hormonal imbalance
Where estrogen works to restore the hormonal environment that governs fat distribution and metabolic regulation, GLP-1 therapy directly reduces caloric intake by recalibrating appetite signaling, improves glycemic control through multiple mechanisms, and drives the reduction of visceral fat mass that estrogen alone cannot reliably produce in the setting of significant metabolic burden
The most common side effects across all these medications are: Gastrointestinal Nausea/vomiting These typically occur when starting treatment or increasing doses, and usually improve within the first few months
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