Instead, she recommends a careful tapering process: "I titrate the drug up and I taper it down
Patients who use phentermine often do well with structured meal schedules to avoid long gaps that can lead to overeating
A decline in weight loss can indicate a plateau
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While rare, these include pancreatitis, stomach paralysis, intestinal blockage, severe dehydration leading to organ damage, potential thyroid tumor (still being studied), and even vision loss
People considering GLP-1 treatments often worry about rare side effects, such as increased risk of thyroid cancer, but gallstones happen in a decent subset of these patients, says Armen Yerevanian, an endocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital