Pediatricians are now prescribing weight loss shots.
Semaglutide medication for weight loss may be needed for an entire lifetime.During a regular visit to the doctor, a friend’s pediatrician advised her 15-year-old to take semaglutide . Let’s call theLeslie trains for something analogous to gymnastics or competitive dance. They’re active, doing cardio-fitness for three to five hours, three to four days a week. And the activity level has been like this for years.
Leslie’s BMI category lands above the “healthy/normal” range. That alone seemed to trigger the doctor’s recommendation to put Leslie on weight loss shots. I have been hearing the same types of stories from friends and other clinicians, too. So, this aligns with experiences out there. To me, this is alarming.It seems like the informed consent process for semaglutide medications may be individual for each physician. .
Wegovy and Ozempic warn of a risk of thyroid cancer. Pancreatitis, kidney issues, and gall bladder problems are rare but serious side effects these medications list. Leslie already has the genes for a genetic disease that will cause a transplant of a different major organ at some point in their life. How might the semaglutide medication interact with or affect that existing jeopardized organ?
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