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The newest prescription Type 2 Diabetes management on the market has weight loss experts abuzz with excitement. Mounjaro is an injectable prescription medicine that is used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mounjaro is the first and only approved single molecule that activates the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors in the body. Other earlier medications in its class target one glucose receptor, but Mounjaro is the only drug that targets two insulin receptors.
Mounjaro is not insulin. Instead, it helps your body utilize its own insulin. Some diabetics produce too much insulin, but their insulin is “broken”. With type 2 diabetes, your body’s own insulin doesn’t work to give the cell energy. Mounjaro “mends” your body’s own insulin chains to help it be more effective.
Mounjaro is also the latest weight-loss rock star. Predicted to hit the shelves as an FDA-approved weight loss drug in February 2023, Mounjaro will be the number one weight loss drug on the market. Currently, Mounjaro is only approved for “insulin resistance” and Type 2 diabetes. But the current results are clear and are a game changer for those who haven’t been able to lose weight with diet and exercise alone.
Are you constantly hungry? Even after you have just eaten. Always thirsty? Are you tired soon all the time? Does obesity run in your family lineage? Do you tend to carry extra fat around your abdomen? These are all signs of insulin resistance or pre-diabetes. Even with cutting out carbs and processed food from your diet, do you still struggle to budge the scale? Mounjaro could help. It is NOT a stimulant. You can’t become addicted. You can however see results with this metabolic game changer. Some have even reversed their diabetes.
Mounjaro is a comprehensive approach to weight loss as it covers FIVE different areas in the insulin cycle.
. Mounjaro helps the body release insulin when the blood sugar is too high. Your body needs insulin to use sugar for energy. In the body, the hormone insulin helps your body use or store the blood sugar it gets from food. If you have Type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t make enough insulin, doesn’t use insulin well, or both.
. Mounjaro helps the body remove excess sugar from the blood. In type 2 diabetes, since the sugar is not being used for energy, it stays in your blood. This leads to high blood sugar. Over time, this could hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels.
. Mounjaro helps stop the liver from making and releasing too much sugar.
. Mounjaro helps reduce how much food is eaten. Being overweight can increase your risk of having type 2 diabetes. Being overweight can lead to your body having a harder time using the insulin it makes because it has trouble using sugar in the blood. Your pancreas keeps making insulin, but your body doesn’t respond to insulin like it used to. Losing weight could help improve how your body responds to the insulin it makes and help lower blood sugar. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), sometimes, losing just 5%-7% of your body weight is enough to improve diabetes control. For someone who weighs 200 lbs., this is a weight loss of just 10-15 lbs.
. Mounjaro helps slow down digestion and how quickly food leaves the stomach.
Mounjaro comes in a single-dose pen that you inject yourself once a week. Of course, there are potential risks and side effects. The most common side effects of Mounjaro include nausea, diarrhea, decreased appetite, vomiting, constipation, indigestion, and stomach (abdominal) pain. These are not all the possible side effects of Mounjaro. Your doctor can discuss these with you, and you should visit www.mounjaro.com to read about the potential side effects yourself before making your decision. You also need to be ready to make some lifestyle modifications long term for your results to be sustainable. You must be willing to commit to cutting sugar and processed foods out of your life forever. Losing weight and having a healthy body doesn’t come with merely swallowing a pill. When you are ready to make some serious changes and shed the pounds that are weighing you down, visit Diamond Medial Clinic to discuss how Mounjaro can help.
Dr. Shristi Shrestha, MD is a family physician who was raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. Surrounded by the snowy Himalayas and forested hills naturally sparked her interest in biology. Her passion for helping people led her to attend medical school in Cambridge, UK. She later completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of South Carolina, Greenville. When not treating patients, Dr. Shrestha enjoys being creative through her artwork. She also enjoys spending time and traveling with her family.
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