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Obesity Management Update 2023 Weight Loss

Obesity Management Update 2023

Mahitab Hany, BS Pharm, PGDipClinPharm, PGDipClinNutrition, BCNSP January 22, 2023

As a nutrition support pharmacist, you can help obese patients manage obesity as New Year’s resolutions kick in. Continue to emphasize lifestyle changes, and review medication lists for possible causes of weight gain (antipsychotics, steroids, etc). Updated Canadian guidelines recommend considering medications for patients with …

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Rybelsus may be prescribed for weight loss Weight Loss

Rybelsus may be prescribed for weight loss

Mahitab Hany, BS Pharm, PGDipClinPharm, PGDipClinNutrition, BCNSP September 15, 2022

As a nutritional support pharmacist, you will hear about using Rybelsus (semaglutide) for weight loss , it is now available in Egypt . Rybelsus will be the first ORAL GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes, it's a tablet version of injectable Ozempic . Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is inactivated in the…

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