On Twitter, Fort Lauderdales Dune writes: I did the first shot and lost 11 pounds in two weeks and was the most nauseous I have ever been in my life. In a Facebook group for Florida Wegovy and Ozempic users, a Miami mom asks: Has anyone else been vomiting for five weeks straight? The drugs also come with a warning that they may increase the risk of thyroid cancer, acute pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, low blood sugar, kidney injury, damage to the eyes retina, and suicidal thinking or behavior
But a pill isnt automatically a lighter-touch treatment
Greco M, Brugnara M, Zaffanello M, Taranta A, Pastore A, Emma F (2010) Long-term outcome of nephropathic cystinosis: a 20-year single-center experience
Rachel Pessah-Pollack, M.D., an endocrinologist and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine