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Semaglutide

Bryant Medical Group

Alternative Medicine & Chiropractic Care located in Lafayette, LA & New Iberia, LA

For evaluation and treatment, see the team at Bryant Medical Group at one of their locations in Lafayette and New Iberia, Louisiana. Semaglutide is a medicine used for weight loss in specific patients, and to lower blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke in type two diabetes patients. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 agonist and works by increasing insulin release, lowering the amount of glucagon released, delaying gastric emptying, and reducing appetite.

Semaglutide

What is Semaglutide?

Semaglutide is a medicine used for weight loss in specific patients, and to lower blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke in type two diabetes patients.

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 agonist and works by increasing insulin release, lowering the amount of glucagon released, delaying gastric emptying, and reducing appetite.

What are the benefits of Semaglutide weight loss injections?

Semaglutide is the first of its kind as a safe and highly effective hormone-based weight loss medication. Some of the health benefits associated with Semaglutide include the following:

  • Lower blood sugar without any increase in hypoglycemia Reduced body weight, lipids, blood pressure, inflammatory markers, and oxidative stress
  • Suppressed appetite
  • Enhanced insulin synthesis and secretion
  • Reduced glucagon levels in fasting and after eating
  • A promoted sensation of fullness in the brain
  • Slowed gastric emptying in the intestines to help you feel fuller for longer
  • Weight loss More significant improvement in cardiovascular risk factors associated with obesity

How It works?

Semaglutide works to lower high blood sugar by increasing the amount of insulin that is released, lowering the amount of glucagon released, and delaying gastric emptying.

Semaglutide also controls appetite and helps you reduce the amount of food that you want to eat. Semaglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist.