Other adverse events with an incidence 5% are as follows: abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, dyspepsia, dizziness, abdominal distention, eructation, hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes, flatulence, gastroenteritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and nasopharyngitis
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Side Effects One of the most common reasons you might decide to stop taking a medication is due to side effects
GLP-1 agonists work by mimicking a naturally occurring hormone that regulates blood glucose levels, enhances insulin secretion when blood sugar is elevated, suppresses glucagon release, and slows gastric emptying
For instance, a person who struggled with obesity for over ten years and found it hard to lose weight in other ways managed to lose 50 pounds using semaglutide