Patients often hesitate to bring this up, but it should be part of the initial conversation, especially if this side effect would make you stop treatment
It has been studied specifically for its role in intestinal inflammation, with preclinical research showing it can reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine activity in gut tissue
Slower weight loss may help reduce the severity of facial volume loss (sometimes called "Ozempic face" or "GLP-1 face"), because rapid fat loss contributes to skin laxity more than gradual loss
Rub well into the skin back and forth along the pulse several times
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 57: 577-585 Wekking EM, Appelhof BC, Fliers E, Schene AH, Huyser J, et al
Treatment depends on the underlying cause and typically involves specialist endocrinology care