Bend, Oregon
Medical weight loss
Medical weight loss programs are healthcare-based approaches to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight (under the supervision of medical professionals).
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- Program
- Monthly program
- Medical guidance
- Medical experts will monitor your progress and make adjustments as necessary.
- Lifestyle
- dietary changes
What it treats
- Weight management
- achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
- Appetite and eating patterns
- By acting on areas of the brain that control appetite, semaglutide reduces hunger and promotes a feeling of fullness. This helps reduce calorie intake and contributes to substantial weight loss, when combined with lifestyle modifications like diet and exercise.
Benefits
- Why medical guidance matters
- Medical providers take a comprehensive approach to weight loss by assessing your overall health-including factors like metabolism, underlying health conditions, hormone levels, and lifestyle habits. This in-depth evaluation lets the experts tailor your weight loss plan to your needs and goals, for more effective, more sustainable results.
- How semaglutide works
- Semaglutide mimics the GLP-1 hormone that is released in the gastrointestinal tract in response to eating-prompting the body to produce more insulin, which reduces blood sugar and promotes weight loss.
- A long-term approach
- Additionally, these programs are geared towards long-term results, helping you develop sustainable lifestyle changes to manage weight over time. The focus isn't on crash dieting, it's on giving you the tools to create habits that last.
- Medicine and lifestyle
- to reduce excess body weight and maintain weight reduction long term in adults with obesity or adults with overweight in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbid condition.
What to expect
- Medical assessment
- Medical providers take a comprehensive approach to weight loss by assessing your overall health-including factors like metabolism, underlying health conditions, hormone levels, and lifestyle habits.
- An individual plan
- This in-depth evaluation lets the experts tailor your weight loss plan to your needs and goals, for more effective, more sustainable results.
- Monitoring and results
- Medical experts will monitor your progress and make adjustments as necessary. Additionally, these programs are geared towards long-term results, helping you develop sustainable lifestyle changes to manage weight over time.
Is it right for me?
- adults with obesity or adults with overweight in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbid condition.
- Weight loss without professional guidance can carry risks, especially for individuals with underlying medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or thyroid issues.
After your treatment
- Tell all your healthcare providers that you are taking WEGOVY ® before you are scheduled to have surgery or other procedures.
- Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea that does not go away.
Frequently asked questions
- Why are medical weight-loss programs designed for long-term results?
Additionally, these programs are geared towards long-term results, helping you develop sustainable lifestyle changes to manage weight over time.
- How does semaglutide help with appetite?
By acting on areas of the brain that control appetite, semaglutide reduces hunger and promotes a feeling of fullness.
- What medicine history should I discuss before weight-loss treatment?
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
- What role do lifestyle changes play in medical weight loss?
The focus isn't on crash dieting, it's on giving you the tools to create habits that last.
- How is a weight-loss plan adjusted?
Medical experts will monitor your progress and make adjustments as necessary.
- Can I use weight-loss medicine during pregnancy?
Weight loss offers no benefit to a pregnant patient and may cause fetal harm.
- Can weight-loss medicine affect other prescriptions?
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. WEGOVY ® may affect the way some medicines work and some medicines may affect the way WEGOVY ® works.
Treatment information
Stop using WEGOVY ® and call your healthcare provider right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that will not go away, with or without nausea or vomiting. Sometimes you may feel the pain from your abdomen to your back.
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