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Because the pill mimics natural hormone functions, it travels to the brain to target the reward centers that drive overeating, says Sara Velayati, MD, an obesity medicine specialist at the Fleischer Institute Medical Weight Center at Montefiore Einstein in New York

In some cases, patients may take microdoses as part of a titration process, slowly increasing as tolerated

Are not seeking aggressive appetite suppression

Semaglutide cut major cardiovascular events by 20% in people with obesity and existing heart disease but no diabetes, and the benefit showed up early, before most of the weight came off

Several studies have also suggested that a more uniform distribution of protein across meals is associated with superior anabolic outcomes compared to a skewed pattern