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Category Weight Loss Medication
Weight loss medications, or “Anti-obesity medications,” can not only help you lose weight and keep it off, but can improve your health and your quality of life. There are many categories now – older medications like phentermine and tenuate, and newer ones like Wegovy and Zepbound.
GLP-1 Updates: semaglutide / tirzepatide
It has been an exciting summer for our new GLP-1 weight loss medications, Wegovy (semaglutide) and Zepbound (tirzepatide). This information is current as of 9 Semaglutide At this time, all doses of Wegovy are available at retail pharmacies. Further, all…
Throwdown! Phentermine vs. Semaglutide for Weight Loss
Unless you live under a rock, by now you’ve heard of semaglutide – the weekly weight loss injection. But how does semaglutide stack up against the first-ever weight loss medication, phentermine? History of Semaglutide and Phentermine Semaglutide was developed by…
Throwdown! semaglutide vs. tirzepatide
There are two new heavyweights (? lightweights) in town duking it out to help people lose weight and keep it off: semaglutide and tirzepatide. How do semaglutide and tirzepatide for weight loss stack up? How do semaglutide and tirzepatide work?…
Weight Loss Lowers the risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Today, November 11th 2023, represents a tipping point in the treatment of obesity. For decades, doctors have viewed obesity as a cosmetic issue, and have resisted treating it with medications due to safety concerns prompted by drugs of old like…
Zepbound™ (tirzepatide) Approved for Chronic Weight Management
The most effective medication ever seen for weight loss was approved by the FDA this morning. Zepbound™ contains the same active ingredient as Mounjaro™ (tirzepatide). Much like Novo Nordisk markets semaglutide as Ozempic™ and Rybelsus™ for diabetes, and Wegovy™ for…
Re-assessing Weight Loss Goals
Most people I work with have a goal to lose a certain amount of weight, to “get back” to a previous weight from our past, often a high school or college weight. It seems like every day, there is a…
What is an anti-obesity medication?
Did you know that obesity was recognized as a disease in 2013? Obesity is not thought to be the result of a lack of willpower (aka eating too much / exercising too little). It is a complex problem similar to…
How to Pick the Best Weight Loss Medication
Which weight loss medication is right for you? Perhaps one of the most frequent questions I get every day is around trying to pick the best weight loss medication. These days, there are many more and better options than just…
Mounjaro™ for Weight Loss
The FDA has approved a very exciting medication called Mounjaro™. Although approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes, a side effect of Mounjaro™ is weight loss. The same molecule, tirzapeptide, is being researched for weight loss as well. Mounjaro™ is…
