People who use prescription weight-loss drugs have 10% or more weight loss compared to their beginning point. Results vary depending on the drug and the individual. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about different classes of medicines that can help reduce up to 10% weight loss
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Can medicines help in losing 10% of body weight? There are now a whole new genre of pharmaceuticals and medications that have been shown in various clinical trials to offer 10, 15, and in some patients even up to 20% weight loss. These current medications are referred to as GLP-1 or glucagon-like peptide 1 analogues. Examples are, for example, the pharmaceutical semaglutide, and these drugs work on the appetite centre is and reduce your appetite to lead to reduced calorie intake, which in turn leads to weight loss. For these medications to work, you have to keep taking them. If you stop them, the weight will come back on. Also, these medications have side effects, so you have to test them first to see whether you are prepared to take the side effects. And lastly, they're fairly new, being around for 2-3 years, and we do not know what the consequences will be of taking these medications for years and years.
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