Managing Mounjaro Side Effects: Strategies for Minimizing Risks | Wave Plastic Surgery
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Curious about the side effects of Mounjaro for weight loss? In this video, Dr. Peter Lee dives into ...
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one of the things that patients have been asking is what are some of the common side effects so let's tackle on the most common side effect quite honestly for most people Nothing a lot of patients you really don't feel any adverse reaction the only thing that they feel is what's therapeutic which is loss of appetite and early satiety however some patients do experience some nausea diarrhea or constipation the GI symptoms this is really dose dependent and how acclimated they are to the medication and that's why it's so important that when we first start patience Hunters
appetite they start off in small dose and that has significantly reduced degree of nausea constipation or diarrhea some of the other reported side effects associated with with her's appetite are things such as higher heart rate fatigue sleepy as well but quite honestly like if we look at all of our patients that type of complaint is extremely rare and again it has to do with slow incrementation of the dosage that we use there's appetite comes in increments of 2.5 milligrams so a lot of times we are starting patients off at 2.5 milligrams or in some patients
five milligrams and we slowly increase that dosage by 2.5 milligrams and what we have found is is this ad that has been extremely effective in controlling GI symptoms foreign [Music]