Medically Assisted Weight Loss in Fort Worth, TX
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There are a lot of ways to lose weight. Some are successful, others not so much. If you are struggling with excess weight, your body and your health are struggling too. Medically assisted weight loss offers many benefits that can’t be matched by fad diets or strenuous exercise programs. You need a weight loss solution you can stick with and adopt as a lifestyle. Amber Rogers, MD provides a wide range of family medicine and wellness services including medically assisted weight loss that can help you achieve permanent weight loss.
Amber Rogers, MD will develop a customized treatment plan to help you lose weight quickly and safely, with no unpleasant side effects.
How Semaglutide Can Help With Weight Loss
Semaglutide, which is marketed under the brand names Wegovy and Ozempic, is an injectable weight loss medication approved by the FDA. Semaglutide works by increasing your body’s sensitivity to insulin. It also decreases the amount of hunger hormone, suppressing your appetite so you eat less.
Semaglutide is self-injected once weekly. It can be used either for the short term or longer term to lose excess weight.
How Losing Weight with Semaglutide Can Help You
When you lose even a few pounds of excess weight, you will enjoy tremendous benefits like these:
- Lower blood pressure
- Lower heart stress
- Improved cholesterol levels
- Improved blood sugar levels
- Enhanced flexibility and mobility
- Less joint back, leg, and foot pain
- Improved breathing ability
- Improved quality of sleep
- Enhanced self-esteem and self-confidence
In addition to weight loss medications, your doctor will also:
- Perform monthly physical examinations
- Provide medical weight loss consultations
- Order laboratory testing if necessary
- Develop a customized weight-loss diet
- Develop an exercise prescription with a physiatrist
Losing weight can provide enormous health benefits. Losing excess weight can help prevent or manage many chronic disease conditions including:
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Obesity
- Arthritis
- Liver and kidney problems
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Breathing difficulties and asthma