Patients on these medications may need to be more thoughtful about fluid intake throughout the day as they may lose some of their hunger and thirst drive, Wood said
Its particularly effective for areas like the face, neck, and jawline: perfect for combating that Ozempic face phenomenon where rapid facial fat loss leads to a hollowed, sunken appearance
The development of ED may also be linked to the weight-lowering features of GLP-1 RAs, which can cause significant lean body mass loss, occasionally progressing to sarcopenia, a factor associated with ED [201,202]
However, this delayed digestion can become a concern when undergoing surgery
For tirzepatide , it is even slightly lower at around 48 kcal per day per kilogram
Although we need to do many more studies looking at muscle function as people go on GLP-1s like resistance training and squeeze my hand and sit-to-stand and quadricep extensions, all these things that we do to look at function