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The FDA guidelines for Wegovy recommend starting the medication at 0.25 mg once weekly for four weeks and increasing the dose to 0.5 mg once weekly for the next four weeks before increasing to 1 mg once weekly for four weeks, then 1.7 mg once weekly for 4 weeks, and then 2.4 mg once weekly
Bland, easily digestible foods (toast, rice, bananas, plain chicken) tend to sit better than rich or fatty foods during the first couple of weeks
Michl, Martin (Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna), Mitsch, Christoph (Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna)
They require monitoring
After discontinuing semaglutide, many people experience weight regain