The Benefits of Semaglutide for Weight Loss

Losing Weight in Florida

RW Family Practice and Preventive Care calls Orlando, FL, home. Our Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Wilnard Dastine, directs her practice and sees patients daily for various family healthcare issues, including Semaglutide used for weight loss. Our nurse practitioner is highly experienced and skilled in family practice and awaits your appointment.

Patients have been requesting information on this drug and its possible benefits for weight reduction. If you have questions, let’s answer a few of them here.

What is this Drug?

This drug has various names, such as Wegovy, Ozempic, and Rybelsus, and acts much like a natural hormone known as GLP-1. This drug acts like glucagon, a peptide-1 receptor agonist. When you eat, this hormone is released in the stomach to produce more insulin, thus decreasing blood sugar levels. This drug is used to treat type II diabetes.

It is a weekly weight reduction, subcutaneous (just under the skin) injection.

Due to FDA regulations, the Wegovy brand targets weight reduction and is the same drug as the Semaglutide brand, which remains reserved for treating diabetes. These drug names are the same, which may confuse you.

RW Family Practice and Preventive Care in Orlando, FL, explains that you should consider Semaglutide for weight loss if you meet one of the following requirements:

• Body mass index of 27 or greater
• High blood pressure
• Type II Diabetes
• High Cholesterol

Benefits of Taking this Drug

Researchers find that this drug suppresses your appetite, making you feel fuller, quicker, and longer by targeting the part of your brain responsible for these feelings. This drug leads to significant weight loss; when used with a balanced diet and sensitive weight loss plan, it boosts your chances of weight reduction. This drug provides a new and proven level of weight reduction. 

Research also finds that this drug reduces the risk of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease and helps to keep your weight within an acceptable range.

Are You A Candidate for this Drug?

We determine if this drug is suitable for you according to FDA recommendations. If you have a history of thyroid cancer, gallbladder disease, pancreatitis, or Men's Type II multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, this drug may not be suitable for you.

Call Advanced Nurse Practitioner Dastine at 407-420-7374 at RW Family Practice and Preventive Care in Orlando, FL, to schedule your Semaglutide for a weight loss appointment. Take the following steps.

If you have diabetes and already take a diabetic drug, speak to us about the possibility of adding this drug safely to your treatment regime. Call us for an initial consultation to join our fantastic, experienced, highly skilled staff of professionals. We are here for you and all of your healthcare needs.