Sue Decotiis, a medical weight loss physician who often prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide on her medically supervised program
These medications raise vital questions about equity, weight stigma, and bodily autonomy
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While there's no peer-reviewed data on why this happens, according to Rob Stransky, president of the telehealth provider NiceRx, this can happen because of how these drugs slow the body's gastric emptying process, or how food moves away from the stomach into the small intestine
The dietary supplement industry, as described by experts, can often be the Wild West, and these patches take that lack of oversight to another level by leveraging the name GLP-1. Lack of Regulation and Quality Control Unlike prescription medications, which undergo rigorous testing and approval processes by regulatory bodies like the FDA, GLP-1 patches sold online are not FDA-approved