Gentle, bland foods, such as oatmeal, might be tolerated better, as these tend to go down more easily when appetite is low or nausea is present, adds Vocca
5 Without CGM, 3-4 months may go by before the next A1C is checked or multiple fingerstick glucose checks may be needed to understand how a GLP-1 is working
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These medications work by mimicking the natural incretin hormone GLP-1, which stimulates insulin secretion in response to food intake, suppresses glucagon release, slows gastric emptying, and reduces appetite
Transition planning: What happens when you stop the medication
But no one is certain how quickly that will happen