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Will Ozempic or Trulicity help me lose weight if I have type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism?
I have type 2 diabetes and latent hypothyroidism and overweight. In such a situation, will trulicity or ozempic result in weight reduction?
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Angelika Talar-Śpionek Pharmacist, Editor
1 year ago
In response to the great interest of patients, a non-reimbursed drug Ozempic from parallel imports appeared in pharmacies. The availability of the drug in pharmacies can be checked here: Ozempic 0.5 mg https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/99258/ozempic-iniekcja/apteki?pvid=275329 Ozempic 1 mg https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/99258/ozempic-iniekcja/apteki?pvid=275351
Thank you very much for your reply. For the most part, I follow the recommendations for the diet, although I sometimes eat something forbidden. I was obese, I lost 10kg, and now the weight has stopped and for several months it has not moved. Therefore, the diabetologist proposed to consider the use of trulicity. He did not say whether I would be able to lose weight with his help, and I thought about it only after the visit. I never smoked cigarettes.
Małgorzata Bekier Pharmacist
1 year ago
The drugs Ozempic and Trulicity can help both regulate blood glucose levels and in the context of excess kilograms. All issues - hypothyroidism, type 2 diabetes, overweight are interrelated and very often one causes or results from the other. Weight loss in the case of overweight and obesity will have a positive impact on other health problems, but drugs are not the only element in the whole puzzle. If your doctor decides that you can use any of the drugs, they can be a help for the body, but the basis and extremely important thing is a permanent change in eating habits and physical activity - without this, after discontinuation of the drug, most patients return to the starting point and habits that led to overweight, obesity or type 2 diabetes. In addition, it is worth considering lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking. I leave links to materials in which we write more and talk about this topic and may be of interest to you: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/blog/nowe-leki-na-otylosc-i-cukrzyce-jak-nie-dac-sie-oszukac https://www.gdziepolek.pl/blog/edukacja-diabetologiczna-pacjenci-pytaja-farmaceutow-o-cukrzyce