MEDICATIONS FOR WEIGHT CHANGE
What Are They? How do They Work?
Medication
Can be a helpful part of getting you started by boosting your early success on this path of achieving a healthier weight. Will you need it to maintain? We will know that answer after the first six months.
Some Medication
for other disorders can cause you to gain weight. If you are on such a medication, considering an alternative could be important.
How Medication Works
Appetite Suppression
Medication that helps with weight loss makes you feel full sooner while eating which is called “early satiety”. New medications (liraglutide and semaglutide) that cause this give patients a powerful tool to control their weight.
LIRAGLUTIDE
Saxenda
SEMAGLUTIDE
Wegovy
TIRZEPATIDE
MOUNJARO, ZEPBOUND
Calorie Wasting
Some weight loss medications cause you to not absorb calories, usually by interfering with digestion.
(Orlistat).
What is Right For You?
It Depends
On many things, including: your other diseases, your current blood chemistry, your ability to exercise, where you live, and your family history.
Changing Your Weight Is Personal:
There is no one-size-fits-all formula.
Your body and life are unique.
Your Weight Change Plan Will Be Unique
FOR YOU!
Your Plan Will Have FOUR Components
