Using Nutrition to Offset GLP-1 Side Effects
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are among the latest innovations in diabetes and weight management. However, they do come with some commonly experienced side effects for users. Happily, I can advise about some nutritional changes that can work to reduce these side effects while also enhancing the efficacy of the medications. GLP-1 […]
The Battle for Rights to Sell Weight Loss Drugs
If you have been using the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic/Wegovy and Mounjaro/Zepbound, take note! You could be affected by the fight that’s looming between BigPharm and the Compounding Pharmacies over the latter continuing to supply look-alike versions of these drugs. Right now, the FDA appears to be backed into a corner. It has […]
Understanding and Managing Semaglutide Side Effects
Our friendship group contains a woman we call our very own Kim Kardashian. She knows about all the latest beauty and weight loss trends when they’re just whispers on the market and is always the first to try them. This bombshell had been talking about Ozempic for years before the shortage. Eventually, she was one […]
How to Tackle Childhood Obesity Without Fueling Eating Disorders
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently changed its approach to tackling childhood obesity, moving away from a “wait and see” method to more aggressive treatments for weight loss. This includes recommending bariatric surgery for some teens, medication like Wegovy, and intensive therapy for young children. The AAP claimed these methods wouldn’t lead to eating […]
When Brands Become Verbs: The Ozempic Effect
Occasionally, product names become so well-known that they rise above their identity and become part of everyday language. For example, if someone responds to your request for information with “google it,” or a co-worker asks, “Do you have a bandaid?” or your spouse asks you to “pass the Kleenex,” the meaning is perfectly clear – there’s […]
The Gila monster gave the weight-loss revolution its bite
It’s currently estimated that over one-half of the adult US population is either overweight or obese. Being overweight means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 and 30. Obese means a BMI higher than 30. This statistic shouldn’t be taken to indicate neglect by the healthcare, research, or pharmaceutical industry. In reality, enormous attention […]
Do GLP-1 drugs stop working? Myths, facts and strategies
If it hadn’t been for the crisis that hit the world when COVID-19 broke out in 2020, I believe that the revelations about the new weight-loss drugs would have reached the top of the list of the most talked-about health issues in the current decade. It has garnered the highest level of public interest and […]
Buy Compounded Tirzepatide for Less at IsraelPharm
A crisis struck in 2023 and persisted well into the first few months of 2024. Patients relying on vital medications for diabetes faced a frightening reality: pharmacies, including ours, had to turn away their orders due to shortages. Earlier this year, we published an article detailing the causes of the shortages, titled “Why is it […]
Medicare now approves weight-loss drugs for people with heart problems
There has been much attention in the media to an announcement from Medicare in mid-March 2024. In essence, it said that it has now agreed to start paying for one of the leading weight-loss drugs for people with heart problems when it is prescribed to treat overweight or obese patients if they are at risk […]
Why it’s so hard to get your weight-loss drugs
On February 2nd, 2024, the venerable New York Times published an article titled “Six Reasons Why It’s So Hard to Get Your Weight-Loss Drugs”. There were few surprises for us in what the NYT wrote because we have been hearing many of the same complaints from new customers who have been struggling to fill their […]
