Thirst is not a direct pharmacological effect of Ozempic, but may arise from improved glycaemic control, gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea or diarrhoea causing dehydration, or changes in fluid balance
Obesity should be treated like a chronic disease, and patients must continue the medication long-term to sustain the results achieved from the medication
Semaglutide trials showed mean weight loss of 15% of body weight, with some patients exceeding 20% loss
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Beyond the absolute contraindications, several situations call for heightened caution in the class framing and are firmly a clinicians domain: a history of pancreatitis or symptomatic gallstones, significant gastrointestinal motility disorders (such as gastroparesis, which slowed gastric emptying can worsen), diabetic retinopathy that is not stabilized, severe renal impairment where dehydration from GI side effects raises risk, and any concurrent use of insulin or a sulfonylurea, where the additive glucose-lowering can produce hypoglycemia
