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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Semaglutide? Semaglutide is a once-weekly injectable medication that was originally developed for managing diabetes. It works by mimicking a hormone that targets the areas of the brain that are responsible for regulating appetite and food intake. Semaglutide helps reduce hunger and decrease cravings as well as promotes feelings of fullness, making it easier to eat less.
Why do you use semaglutide? Everyone knows we gain weight because we eat too much, and the key to losing weight is eating less. But, if you’re hungry all the time, trying to consistently eat less is difficult. The answer then, of course, is controlling your hunger. If you’re not hungry, it’s easy to eat less. And if you eat less, it’s easy to lose weight. Semaglutide is simply meant to help control your hunger as you work on changing old habits and developing new ones. It’s like having training wheels that support you while you’re learning, so you don’t end up struggling with your willpower the whole time. In that way, it’s similar to how nicotine patches help people control their cigarette cravings as they quit smoking.
How effective is semaglutide in reducing hunger? In clinical trials, patients experienced an average weight loss of 15% of their body weight.
How does Semaglutide compare to Phentermine? Phentermine works primarily by increasing the levels of norepinephrine in your brain whereas semaglutide mimics the GLP-1 hormone. While they work via two completely different mechanisms, both are very effective at suppressing your appetite.
Which medication should I choose? While some people may respond better to one medication than the other, in general, both medications are equally effective at suppressing your appetite. It’s really a matter of weighing the pros and cons of each and deciding which medication fits you better.
Shouldn’t I try to lose weight without semaglutide? Some people try to claim that using semaglutide is somehow cheating and that using a crutch somehow makes your weight loss less “real.” Try applying that same logic to nicotine patches. Who cares how you quit smoking, as long as you quit, right? What does it matter if you used nicotine patches? If the patches make the process easier and improve your chances of success, why wouldn’t you use them? Studies show that semaglutide makes weight loss faster, easier, and increases the odds of reaching your goal. So, like nicotine patches, the question really should be, why wouldn’t you use it?
How long do you take semaglutide for? Most people continue taking semaglutide until they reach their goal, and then gradually wean off the medication.
How do you wean off semaglutide? Once you reach your goal and are feeling confident, we begin to gradually wean your semaglutide dose. Because everyone is different, we've purposely left the weaning process undefined so we can personalize it for each person. Some will wean quickly, while others will continue to take it for a while after they reach their goal, and then will gradually start weaning as they gain confidence. There's really no right or wrong way to do it, so we usually play it by ear and wean as quickly or slowly as needed.
Can I just stop the semaglutide? While you don't need to wean off semaglutide, slowly reducing your dose can prevent rebound hunger and weight gain.
Will I gain my weight back after I stop Semaglutide? As helpful as semaglutide is, it can’t be “the solution.” It can’t be the only thing we do. If it were, you would definitely gain your weight back when you stopped using it. The goal of One Life is to make semaglutide unnecessary, by teaching you how to control your hunger, and thus your weight, through changes in your diet and lifestyle. Once you learn how to do that, semaglutide will become unnecessary.