It can be the result of chronic dieting, when the body responds by reducing its energy expenditure
Once she understood the mechanism and increased her protein intake, she felt empowered rather than afraid of her medication
Nausea affects up to 20% of semaglutide users and is the most common reason people discontinue treatment (Alhazmi & le Roux 2026, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
Recent studies have reported cases of semaglutide-associated hyposalivation (a type of GLP-1 RA), where patients experienced minimal salivation and xerostomia, which dissipated as soon as they discontinued taking the GLP-1 RA ( Mawardi et al
Relative gene expression was determined by the CT method, and TRPA1 mRNA levels were normalized relative to the levels of glyceraldehyde phosphodehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA
We use several medications to help many of our patients lose weight