If youre considering stopping your medication, talk to your healthcare provider so, together, you can plan to taper off the drug safely and monitor your progress
The trade-off is that those benefits have not yet been confirmed in long-term outcomes trials
Now, they have been compared head-to-head in a trial, where 751 overweight, nondiabetic adults were randomized to Zepbound (target dose 10 mg or 15 mg/week) or Wegovy (target dose of 1.7 mg or 2.4 mg/week)
Dietary adjustments (smaller meals, avoiding fatty/spicy foods, staying hydrated) can also help significantly
Clinically studied in humans for body composition
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