Mistake #4: Testing Your Limits with "Just One Bite" of Risky Foods Why it's wrong: Week one is not the time to discover that your new GLP-1 stomach doesn't handle pizza well
Energy, body composition, and exercise performance changes may take 8-12 weeks
While the medication does not directly cause gastrointestinal bleeding, its effects on bowel function may indirectly contribute to conditions like hemorrhoids or anal fissures that produce rectal bleeding
It may cause abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, gout, allergies, worsening of asthma, low blood pressure, and a metallic taste
Funding and additional information This study was supported by Grants NIH R35GM141478 and VA I01BX006408 (to X-A Li), and supported by the Shared Resource(s) of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (P30CA177558)
It is safe and effective