WEGOVY IS AN INJECTABLE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE USED FOR ADULTS WHO ARE OBESE, OVERWEIGHT OR SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS WEIGHT-RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS. WEGOVY HELPS THEM TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF. WEGOVY IS A GLUCAGON-LIKE-PEPTIDE-1 

(GLP-1) WHICH MIMICS THE NATURALLY OCCURRING GLP-1 HORMONE THAT IS RELEASED BY OUR INTESTINES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AFTER WE INGEST FOOD. THIS GUT HORMONE HAS MANY IMPORTANT METABOLIC ACTIONS INCLUDING: 

• HELPING TO REGULATE BLOOD SUGAR
  
• SLOWING STOMACH-EMPYTING OF FOOD
  
• CONTROLLING APPETITE
  

THE SAFETY OF WEGOVY WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE S.T.E.P. PROGRAM WHERE 4 STUDIES INVOLVING 4500 INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE MONITORED.  THE AVERAGE WEIGHT LOSS WAS 15% TO 17% OF THE INDIVIDUALS STARTING WEIGHT. FOR A PERSON WEIGHING 230 LBS, THIS TRANSLATES INTO 35 TO 39 LBS WEIGHT LOSS. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WERE ALSO SEEN IN : 

• WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE
  
• BLOOD PRESSURE
  
• BLOOD FATS
  
• INFLAMMATION
  
• PHYSICAL ABILITY
  

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF WEGOVY

• NAUSA
  
• DIARRHEA
  
• VOMITING
  
• CONSTIPATION
  

WARNINGS INCLUDES:

• INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS
  
• GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS
  
• INCREASED HEART RATE
  
• ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
  
• DIABETIC RETINOPATHY(DAMAGE TO EYE'S RETINA)