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Avoiding Further Bleeding If on anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy, do not stop medications without consulting the prescribing clinician
In addition to the negative psychosocial impact (distorted self-image and societal stigma) and non-compliance with medication treatment, people with schizophrenia appear to be extremely sensitive to the harmful medical consequences of obesity, such as metabolic syndrome, which includes a set of cardiovascular risk factors such as abdominal adiposity, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, and high blood pressure (26)
The maintenance dosage for Ozempic can be 1 mg or 2 mg weekly , though some people are maintained on 0.5 mg
If you cannot tolerate the maintenance dose of 2.4 mg, your doctor may keep you on 1.7 mg once weekly
If you have no prior GLP-1 experience and weigh under 180 pounds, consider five to six weeks per level