NHS prescribing has a maximum treatment duration of 2 years and a requirement to stop if you dont lose at least 5% of your body weight in the first 6 months on the maintenance dose
Kautzky-Willer, A., Harreiter, J
This makes obesity one of the leading risk factors for multimorbidity 2 , negatively impacting metabolic, cardiovascular (CV), mental and physical health, as well as mortality 3,4
One promising category of medications gaining increased attention is GLP-1 receptor agonists, such as Ozempic ( semaglutide GLP-1 )
Earlier animal studies with malnourished mothers reported that delayed ossification is associated with decreased maternal body weight, and maternal malnutrition or reduced intake are common pathways to decreased fetal weight/growth and ossification (6669), but malnutrition models did not report the increase in major congenital anomalies reported after gestational exposure to GLP-1 agonists
Many fat-reduction treatments risk leaving skin saggy or loose, but not this one