Saxenda is a new FDA-approved prescription weight loss injection pen that helps obese adults to lose weight. Something similar to a hormone occurs naturally in the body to regulate your hunger by suppressing your appetite to achieve weight loss via consuming fewer calories without feeling hungry.
How does Saxenda help with weight loss?
- Reduce Leptin Resistance: Change biochemistry to make weight loss and keeping off weight easier.
- Improve Insulin Sensitivity: Reduce insulin resistance and lower blood sugar, resulting in more fat burning over time.
- Acts as a Glucagon Suppressant: Promotes normal glucose metabolism in the body and liver.
- Reduce Appetite: Reduce appetite by slowing down gastric motility, reducing calories and leptin levels that result in weight loss.
- Increase Metabolism: Improve metabolism over time through its effects on leptin levels
Based on the clinical study done by Saxenda,
- 3 out of 5 people taking Saxenda achieved a significant weight loss of 5% or more
- 1 out of 3 people taking Saxenda achieved a significant weight loss of more than 10%
- ~6% of people taking Saxenda achieved a weight loss of 20% or more
The most common possible side effects are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. These are usually mild and normally decrease with continued usage.
It is NOT suitable under the following condition such as
- Pregnancy
- Psychiatric disorders
- Liraglutide hypersensitivity
- Personal/Family history of thyroid cancer
- Multiple endocrine neoplasm syndrome
Downtime
You may experience tolerable mild, dull aching pain, which will be resolved within 24 hours.
Treatment Interval
It can be done every 4 weeks intervals, depending on your condition.