About Semaglutide Medications

TD Tele-Doc Weight Loss prescribes a variety of medications including Wegovy, Ozempic, and compounded injectable Semaglutide, which can significantly reduce cost.

Timothy Garvey, M.D., co-author of a study published in JAMA (Feb 2022), and Butterworth Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nutrition Sciences. “We have not seen this degree of weight loss with any previous medication.”

Semaglutide is a Glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and can help you to lose weight in two ways:

  1. Slows gastric emptying – you’ll feel satisfied with smaller amounts of food, which helps you eat less and create a calorie deficit that can lead to weight loss.
  2. Helps produce more insulin reducing blood sugar, and signaling to the brain there is food in the stomach, which helps decrease appetite and cravings. This helps you to make more consistent choices that are aligned with your goals and needs.

Benefits from using Semaglutide:

  • Blood sugar-lowering effects without any increase in hypoglycemia
  • Reduced body weight, lipids, blood pressure, inflammatory markers, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and subclinical atherosclerosis
  • Improved body composition
  • Suppressed appetite
  • Deescalates out of control glucagon levels, both in fasting and after eating
  • Promotes insulin secretion from b cells, while decreasing glucagon secretion in the pancreas
  • Promotes a sensation of fullness in the brain
  • Slows gastric emptying in the intestines to help feel fuller, longer
  • Reduces HbA1c
  • Weight loss
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Have questions about TD Tele-Doc Weight Loss? Feel free to give us a call at an office near you…

Eastern VA Office: 757.216.1991
Western VA Office: 540.299.8511
or email us at solutioncenter@teledocweightloss.com!

TD Tele-Doc Weight Loss, GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1, 30- or 31-amino-acid-long peptide hormone, decrease blood sugar levels, semaglutide

About Semaglutide Medications

TD Tele-Doc Weight Loss prescribes a variety of medications including Wegovy, Ozempic, and compounded injectable Semaglutide, which can significantly reduce cost.

Timothy Garvey, M.D., co-author of a study published in JAMA (Feb 2022), and Butterworth Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nutrition Sciences. “We have not seen this degree of weight loss with any previous medication.”

Semaglutide is a Glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and can help you to lose weight in two ways:

  1. Slows gastric emptying – you’ll feel satisfied with smaller amounts of food, which helps you eat less and create a calorie deficit that can lead to weight loss.
  2. Helps produce more insulin reducing blood sugar, and signaling to the brain there is food in the stomach, which helps decrease appetite and cravings. This helps you to make more consistent choices that are aligned with your goals and needs.

Benefits from using Semaglutide:

  • Blood sugar-lowering effects without any increase in hypoglycemia
  • Reduced body weight, lipids, blood pressure, inflammatory markers, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and subclinical atherosclerosis
  • Improved body composition
  • Suppressed appetite
  • Deescalates out of control glucagon levels, both in fasting and after eating
  • Promotes insulin secretion from b cells, while decreasing glucagon secretion in the pancreas
  • Promotes a sensation of fullness in the brain
  • Slows gastric emptying in the intestines to help feel fuller, longer
  • Reduces HbA1c
  • Weight loss

Have questions about TD Tele-Doc Weight Loss? Feel free to give us a call at an office near you…

Eastern VA Office: 757.216.1991
Western VA Office: 540.299.8511
or email us at solutioncenter@teledocweightloss.com!

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are some common questions asked about Semaglutide. Click on the question and the answer will appear.
What is Semaglutide?

Semaglutide (brand name Ozempic Saxenda, Rybelsus, Wegovy) is a medication that was developed to be used in combination with diet and exercise to help control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics. Semaglutide is used in weight loss after the 2014 clinical trial showed 50% of patients lost 15% of body weight. Semaglutide belongs to a class of medications called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, which mimic the hormone GLP-1 in your body to lower blood sugar levels after you’ve eaten a meal.

What is the hormone GLP-1?

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a hormone that causes huge effects on the regulation of blood sugar by stimulating glucose-dependent insulin secretion. Insulin is a hormone that promotes sugar uptake by the cells, stores sugar as glycogen, promotes the building of fat, and signals the body to build skeletal muscle. In addition, GLP-1 inhibits glucagon release (which slows down the release of sugar into the blood so that you burn more fat), slows down gastric emptying (makes you feel full), and lowers the desire for food intake (because you feel full).

Is Semaglutide a type of insulin?

No, Semaglutide is not a type of insulin or a substitute for insulin. Semaglutide does stimulate your pancreas to release insulin when glucose (sugar) is present. Because Semaglutide relies upon your body’s own insulin to have this effect, Semaglutide isn’t used when your pancreas can’t make insulin, such as in patients in type 1 diabetes.

Is Semaglutide a stimulant?

No, Semaglutide is not a stimulant. While other weight loss medications, like phentermine, have stimulating effects that help curb your appetite, Semaglutide works differently (see above).

How does Semaglutide work for weight loss?

GLP-1 agonists like Semaglutide help to control your blood sugar, but people taking them also tend to lose weight. GLP-1, the key hormone involved, slows down how fast your stomach empties food (called gastric emptying). And in addition to causing your pancreas to release insulin, Semaglutide also blocks a hormone that causes your liver to release sugar (glucagon). Together, these functions can help you feel less hungry, causing you to eat less food and lose more weight.

Does Semaglutide curb your appetite?

Yes, it is believed that Semaglutide can help curb your appetite. In addition to slowing gastric emptying to make you feel full for longer, GLP-1 also plays a direct role in how your appetite is regulated.

Is Semaglutide safe?

Yes. Semaglutide is considered to be safe and effective when used as indicated. But safe doesn’t mean that there aren’t risks. Semaglutide also carries a boxed warning about thyroid C-cell tumors occurring in rodents (with unknown risk in humans), and Semaglutide shouldn’t be used if you or your family have a history of certain thyroid cancers. Semaglutide should not be used in people with type-1 diabetes or a history of pancreatitis. Semaglutide should be used cautiously for people on other blood sugar lowering medications.

Where will I buy my Semaglutide?

Once enrolled in the program and evaluated by our board-certified provider, the medication and the supplies will be discreetly shipped directly to your home or office.

Are there any foods or medications you should avoid while on Semaglutide?

Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are on Semaglutide.
We do suggest that you limit how much alcohol you’re drinking while taking Semaglutide, especially if you are diabetic. Alcohol can have an effect on your blood sugar, and there is a risk that it may drop too low in combination with Semaglutide, especially if you are drinking on an empty stomach. Alcohol can irritate your stomach, too. This might make you feel worse in combination with some of the GI side effects from the medication. Please discuss alcohol consumption with your TD Tele-Doc provider.

You’ll also want to exercise caution if you are taking any oral medications. Since Semaglutide slows down gastric emptying, this can potentially impact the amount of oral medication your body is absorbing. And while trials haven’t shown this to be significant with Semaglutide, you’ll want to make sure your provider is aware of any other medications you are taking before starting Semaglutide.

What are the most common side effects?

The most common side effects of Semaglutide™ may include: nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, stomach (abdomen) pain, headache, tiredness (fatigue), upset stomach, dizziness, feeling bloated, belching, gas, stomach flu, and heartburn.

Tell your health care provider if you have any side effects that bother you.