He talked to medical director Evan Blum, MD, who prescribed Turner a regimen of 0.2 milligrams of semaglutide, the active ingredient in the GLP-1 meds Wegovy and Ozempic, taken every seven days
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These are highly reactive molecules that degrade, or break down, the lipids and proteins in your hair
The Yale study found that only about half the sites' questionnaires covered eating disorder history, 39% asked when the patient last had a medical evaluation and 8% skipped contraindications entirely (personal or family history factors that could mean a GLP-1 may not be safe for that person)
And in general, its better for patients to have more choices, in case theyre unable to tolerate other GLP-1 drugs