Similar warnings regarding acute pancreatitis, including rare necrotising and fatal cases, are already reflected in regulatory product information from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the US (FDA), and the Australian (TGA) This does not negate the benefits of these therapies when appropriately prescribed, but it reinforces the importance of: careful patient selection ongoing clinical monitoring and avoiding unsupervised or online use without proper medical assessment Particularly relevant as GLP-1based therapies are increasingly sought by midlife women for weight management, often outside structured medical programmes
Timing Your Weight Loss: The Optimal Approach for Fertility Planning The ideal fertility strategy involves using compounded semaglutide or other GLP-1 medications to lose weight, then pausing treatment before attempting conception
The meals that were served were identical and culturally appropriate
Many patients who plateau on semaglutide restart weight loss when transitioning to tirzepatide, because their bodies respond to the additional GIP-receptor stimulation
Prescribed medicines should be taken as usual and not stopped without first discussing it