By evening, willpower crumbles
However, meaningful appetite suppression, the kind that significantly reduces daily caloric intake and quiets food noise, typically develops between weeks 4 and 8 as the dose increases to 0.5 mg and reaches steady state
If your doctor does not ask about these, bring them up yourself
In practice, clinics adapt trial titration schedules by starting most patients at 1 mg once weekly for 24 weeks, which is considered the safest entry point for minimizing GI side effects
Research has demonstrated that, in comparative studies of anti-diabetic drugs, GLP-1RAs can significantly reduce the risk of liver decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with type 2 diabetes [42]
These reductions appear early in treatment and are sustained, likely driven by the combination of weight loss, improved insulin sensitivity, and reduced systemic inflammation