Your provider tracks not just the scale but waist circumference, strength markers, and metabolic indicators to ensure you are losing fat, not the muscle that keeps you strong
In the LEADER trial, over 9,340 patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular disease risk underwent randomization to liraglutide or placebo and were followed for a median of 3.8 years resulting in a 13% risk reduction in a combined endpoint of death from cardiovascular cause, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke [46]
When combined with professional medical guidance and wellness support, GLP-1 therapy can help patients achieve safe, sustainable, and long-term results.
But for some people, the nausea was severe enough that they dropped out of the trial entirely
There are several strategies we can employ when trying to preserve muscle