There are various reasons for this, including the high cost and limited access to the drugs, but side effects particularly nausea may cause some people to give up on their medications before they reach their weight loss goals or improve their Type 2 diabetes
The rate of dropout in studies of oral semaglutide has been significant, approximately 25% in recent trials, reflecting tolerability concerns, mainly due to nausea (source)
Broad therapeutic benefits: Beyond type 2 diabetes and obesity, it provides benefits in cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as MASH/NASH and related metabolic disorders
tuberculosis to sepsis, a life-threatening systemic response that commonly arises from bacterial infection
Aim for at least 30 grams of protein per meal to stimulate muscle protein synthesis, which is the minimum threshold research supports for meaningful muscle preservation