Contraindications named include a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
GLP-1 signals satiety and lowers your hunger after eating
All of this together "can cause loss of facial volume 'Ozempic face' skin laxity, dryness and wrinkles," says Goldenberg
The timeline depends on your starting point, how your body responds, and what you and your doctor determine is the right pace not on a generic protocol designed to move you through a prescription funnel as quickly as possible
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However, as this was an observational target trial emulation conducted in a predominantly male Veterans Affairs population, the results support but do not establish causality and may have limited generalisability to broader populations, particularly women and non-veteran groups