Our Semaglutide program at Hawaii Wellness Clinic may be right for you if you have a BMI of 30 or greater (obese), or a BMI of 27 or greater with at least one weight-related health condition such as prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obstructive sleep apnea, or cardiovascular disease, have struggled to achieve or maintain meaningful weight loss through diet and exercise alone, experience persistent hunger, cravings, or difficulty with portion control that makes caloric restriction extremely difficult, have insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome that is impairing your bodys ability to lose weight effectively, or are seeking a long-term, medically supervised weight management strategy
Compounding is permitted under federal law when there is a shortage of the brand-name drug or when a patient has a medical need for a specific formulation that is not commercially available
You want to avoid injecting the new medication in the same area where you recently injected the previous one, as local tissue reactions could be amplified
Referral to hepatology should be considered for persistent unexplained LFT elevation 6 months, high FIB-4 score, abnormal elastography/imaging, or signs of clinical decompensation