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Talk to your healthcare professionals to discuss both common and serious risks before taking these medications

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Many patients do not realize that dehydration is a GLP-1 side effect, but obesity medicine physicians are routinely screening for dehydration at follow-up visits, says Reema Dbouk, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta and a spokesperson for The Obesity Society

The typical treatment duration for semaglutide spans months or even years, so building a sustainable daily habit matters for long-term adherence

Clinical trials (such as the OASIS program) have demonstrated that high-dose oral semaglutide is highly effective, offering results that rival the injectable formulations

Eating small, well-balanced meals, avoiding high-fat foods, and staying hydrated can also help