For perspective, if you weigh 200 pounds, that's a difference between losing about 30 pounds on tirzepatide versus 16-17 pounds on semaglutide after a year of treatment
By simply telling your surgical and anesthesia team that you are on one of these drugs, you give us what we need to: Adjust your fasting or diet plan, Choose the safest anesthesia approach, and Reduce the already smallbut very realrisk of aspiration and lung complications
Overdose symptoms of compounded semaglutide include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fainting, headache, migraine, dehydration, acute pancreatitis and gallstones, according to the FDA
Benefits: The drug contributes not only to weight loss but also to blood sugar control and better metabolic health, which can be a factor in hormone balance