Weight Loss Injections

No single diet, exercise, or pill works for all when it comes to losing weight. At Prestige Weight Loss Clinic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the highly skilled team of health professionals use many tools to help you lose weight, including weight loss injections. These injections may help you feel less hungry and stay full longer, so you eat less. To find out how weight loss injections can help you, call Prestige Weight Loss Clinic or schedule an appointment online today.

What are weight loss injections?

Weight loss injections are prescription injections that help people lose weight. 

These injections are glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists. GLP-1 is a hormone made in your body that suppresses hunger and makes you feel full longer. It also stimulates the release of insulin, a hormone that helps transport glucose from the blood into the cell for energy.

Weight loss injections work by mimicking the action of GLP-1, targeting areas of the brain that control hunger, so you eat less.

Am I a candidate for weight loss injections?

Your provider at Prestige Weight Loss Clinic determines if you’re a candidate for weight loss injections after your initial consultation. 

They only prescribe weight loss injections to adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher or a BMI of 27 or higher with weight-related health problems like diabetes or high blood pressure.

Currently, there’s one weight loss injection FDA-approved to treat adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 with obesity.

You must also follow a reduced-calorie diet and exercise program when taking weight loss injections. 

How do I take weight loss injections?

How you take weight loss injections depends on your prescription. Some weight loss injections you take daily, others weekly.

Weight loss injections are to you as an injectable pen. Your provider at Prestige Weight Loss Clinic teaches you how to inject the medication yourself. 

Weight loss injections may come as a multi-dose or single-dose pen. With a multi-dose weight loss injection, you need to change the needle before each injection.

Your provider at the medical weight loss clinic starts you out at a low dose, slowly increasing the amount and monitoring for side effects until you reach the full dose. You continue on the weight loss injections for as long as necessary. You can remain on these medications for life.

You inject the drug into the skin on your stomach, upper leg, or upper arm. The team at Prestige Weight Loss Clinic recommends you alternate the site of your injection to reduce the risk of scarring. 

If weight loss injections fail to help you lose weight or cause too many side effects, the team may try other treatments like weight loss medication or appetite suppressants. 

Weight loss injections may help you finally reach your goal weight. Call Prestige Weight Loss Clinic or schedule a consultation online today.