Losing weight through diet and exercise alone can be challenging, but your goals are still reachable with expert help. At Empower Clinical Weight Loss, Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner Lynda Masco creates comprehensive weight management plans tailored to individuals. With more than 25 years of weight management experience, she understands your unique concerns and goals.
Weight loss medications can be highly effective for those who need an extra boost. But determining whether medication is right for you – and which specific medication is best – can be confusing. Read on to unravel those mysteries and discover how weight loss medication could work for you.
Who Qualifies for Weight Loss Medication?
The American Medical Association explains that weight loss medications are best suited for people who struggle to lose weight through diet and exercise. Body mass index (BMI) is the main guideline to determine whether you’re a good candidate for medication. Generally, adults qualify with a BMI of 30 or greater.
But other factors come into play, too. Lynda considers all aspects of your health, including whether you have weight-related health conditions like high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes. If you have one or both of those conditions and have a BMI of 27 or higher, you may qualify for weight loss medication.
Weight Loss Medications: Your Options
Empower Clinical Weight Loss offers a wide range of weight loss medications through both in-person and telehealth visits. Each medication works differently.
- Wegovy®: A once-weekly injectable semaglutide medication, Wegovy imitates your body’s natural glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) hormone. This hormone helps increase satiety (fullness), reduces hunger pangs, cravings, and blood sugar levels.
- Zepbound®: Another weekly injectable medication, Zepbound works like Wegovy in imitating GLP-1. Additionally, it imitates the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) hormone. It helps increase fullness, controls cravings, reduces hunger, and lowers blood sugar.
- Saxenda®: A daily injectable liraglutide medication, Saxenda works much like semaglutide medications and has similar effects.
- Contrave®: An oral medication that combines bupropion and naltrexone. Taken daily, these two drugs work together to help control appetite and cravings.
There are also other oral and injectable medications for weight management. Lynda carefully evaluates your unique needs and recommends the one that can help you reach your goals safely.
Medical Weight Loss in Huntsville
If you’re struggling to lose weight despite your best efforts, weight loss medication might be the solution you need. At Empower Clinical Weight Loss, weight loss is no longer an uphill battle. Compassionate support is available now, so call the Huntsville office at 256-693-0880 to schedule an office or telehealth appointment today.
