Weight Loss
MEDICATIONS can cause weight gain
As a nutrition support pharmacist, patients often ask you if their MEDICATIONS can cause weight gain. And alternatives to these medications may need to be considered, especially for patients who are overweight or obese with diabetes , etc... Atypical antipsychotics are notorious for causing weight gain, which might increase the risk of diabet…
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Weight Loss
Reduce insulin if SAXENDA is used for weight loss
As a nutrition support pharmacist, you will hear more about using Saxenda for weight loss in adolescents 12 and up, not just in adults. Saxenda will be the first GLP-1 agonist for obesity, that in addition to stimulating insulin release and inhibiting glucagon secretion, slows gastric emptying and increases satiety after eating, (see our Note about Saxenda for weigh…
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Prediabetes
Best diet for DIABETIC patients
On WORLD DIABETES DAY (14 November), the question is increasing about what is the best diet to improve blood glucose level. Medical nutrition therapy plays an important role in the management of diabetes, it has a significant impact on T2DM patients. Counseling and education sessions for development of an individualized eating plan according to the metabolic needs of…
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