Semaglutide Injections for Weight Loss Boca Raton

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR WEIGHT LOSS

Try Semaglutide in Boca Raton & get your life back.

Are you ready to regain control of your weight and health? Many of us struggle with diet and exercise programs that often fall short of their promises. In the last few years, the Medical Weight Loss world has been transformed by using Semaglutide for weight loss, a medicine that helps you lose weight and improve your overall health. 

Using Semaglutide For Weight Loss

Semaglutide is a medication that is proven to be effective at helping patients lose weight.

Semaglutide enables you to combat food cravings and stick to a healthy diet by regulating your appetite and increasing your feeling of fullness. Imagine what it would be like to start a weight loss journey with a medical team by your side, supervising your diet, exercise, and medications, but without unhealthy food cravings throwing you off track. 

That’s the path to success. 

How Semaglutide for Weight Loss Works

Semaglutide is an FDA–approved, clinically studied GLP–1 receptor agonist, meaning it mimics the GLP-1 hormone naturally found in our bodies. The presence of a GLP-1 receptor agonist like Semaglutide in our bodies is that it helps regulate appetite, lower glucose levels, and increases feelings of fullness.

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Semaglutide FAQ

On average, it takes patients 2-3 months to reach their ideal dose. We consider the ideal dose to be when a patient is feeling well without side effects, reports appropriate appetite suppression with both decreased cravings and daily caloric intake, and is losing weight. Sustainable weight loss goals target 1.5-2.5 pounds per week.

With medication compliance and lifestyle modifications, most patients start losing weight within the first month. The medication is started at the lowest dose and is titrated up slowly to reduce the likelihood of developing side effects.

The injection is relatively painless. We use a thin needle that is only inserted under the skin, not into the muscle (like more painful shots or vaccines). Often patients do not even realize they are getting the injection if they don’t look!

Nausea, constipation, diarrhea, and fatigue are common after the injection. These side effects are usually harmless and pass quickly. Semaglutide can also suppress the craving for alcohol.

Drug compounding is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient. Compounding includes the combining of two or more drugs. Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved, and the agency does not verify the safety or effectiveness of compounded drugs.

When a drug is in shortage, compounders may be able to prepare a compounded version of that drug if they meet certain requirements in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. As of May 2023, the brand names of semaglutide from Novo Nordisk are both listed on FDA’s Drug Shortages list.

FDA has received adverse event reports after patients used compounded semaglutide. Patients should not use a compounded drug if an approved drug is available to treat a patient. Patients and health care professionals should understand that the agency does not review compounded versions of these drugs for safety, effectiveness, or quality.

Additionally, FDA has received reports that in some cases, compounders may be using salt forms of semaglutide, including semaglutide sodium and semaglutide acetate. The salt forms are different active ingredients than is used the approved drugs, which contain the base form of semaglutide. The agency is not aware of any basis for compounding using the salt forms that would meet the FD&C requirements for types of active ingredients that can be compounded. On April 27, 2023, FDA wrote to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy expressing the agency’s concerns with use of the salt forms in compounded products.

Patients should be aware that some products sold as ‘semaglutide’ may not contain the same active ingredient as FDA-approved semaglutide products and may be the salt formulations. Products containing these salts, such as semaglutide sodium and semaglutide acetate, have not been shown to be safe and effective.

Patients should only obtain drugs containing semaglutide with a prescription from a licensed health care provider, and only obtain medicines from state-licensed pharmacies or outsourcing facilities registered with FDA.

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Disclaimer: CR8 Health uses compounded semaglutide however does not support nor prescribe the use of salt forms of semaglutide including semaglutide sodium or semaglutide acetate. Patients may also be prescribed non-generic (brand name) semaglutide if they meet FDA criteria and given the medication is readily available. Results (i.e. weight loss) are not guaranteed and do vary. Semaglutide use does not lead to rapid, unrealistic weight loss, and best results are achieved by coupling lifestyle modifications such as dietary changes, exercise, etc. Like all medical programs and pharmaceuticals, weight management initiatives and medications also carry inherent risks. The material on this website is provided for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. The services, products, and information listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Please always consult your physician before starting any treatment program.