Understanding the Mental Tug-of-War in Binge Eating Before we talk about the medication, we have to talk about the food noise first
Under normal circumstances, fatty foods trigger the release of cholecystokinin (CCK) and other hormones that slow gastric emptying to allow adequate time for fat digestion and absorption in the small intestine
It may also cause the loss of muscle, and skin collagen
Most of what we know comes from animal research, where issues like lower birth weight, pregnancy loss, and developmental delays were seen
At week 5, the dosage is typically raised to 5 mg once a week for another 4 weeks
Today, that concern still appears, but the network around it has expanded considerably