While effective for blood sugar, their weight loss results were modest (typically 510%)
Designed to target multiple areas at once, this treatment focuses on the stomach, waist, love handles & back fat
For women with lipoedema who already commonly present with digestive issues, histamine intolerance, MCAS, reflux associated with hiatus hernia, or who wear compression garments that fit around the abdomen, which can place upward pressure on the stomach, this cascade of gastrointestinal complications is a very real and underacknowledged risk that needs consideration before starting these medications
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