Long-Term Risks More serious complications are rare but possible, like: Vision problems Gallbladder and pancreas inflammation Mental health issues like depression While these medications have been studied for almost twenty years and used to treat diabetes for almost a decade, their widespread use in the population is relatively new
It is an essential part of sustainable weight management and better long-term health outcomes
So when one of our physicians or nurse practitioners sees a patient with obesity and we are prescribing, deprescribing, managing side effects or addressing abnormal laboratory values, we work with the PCP, we communicate with the PCP to try to create a coordinated approach so that the patient is getting excellent primary care to address the multitude of clinical conditions that they may have, while also receiving excellent specialty care to manage this underlying complicated disease state
Michael Russo, a Bariatric Surgeon at Smart Dimensions in Orange County, California, cautioned, however, that drugs like Ozempic are not a quick fix
Values can vary by flavor and change over time.
