GLP-1 Weight Loss Medication
At Simply Bella Aesthetics & Wellness, our medical weight loss program is designed to support overall wellness while helping you reach your weight loss goals safely and effectively. We create personalized treatment plans based on your health history, lifestyle, and goals. Your plan may include GLP-1 medications and supportive therapies to help maintain energy, metabolism, and muscle health throughout the process.
Benefits of GLP-1 Medication
Pricing starts at $175/treatment
Support Your Weight Loss
Regulate your appetite, slow digestion, and reduce cravings, so you feel fuller longer and consume fewer calories, resulting in a slimmer, more energized you.
Protect Your Heart Health
With GLP-1 medications can lead to weight loss, better blood sugar control, and improved metabolic markers, which can lower your risk change of heart disease.
Reduce Chronic Inflammation
Experience improved metabolic health, which can decrease inflammation in your body, meaning achiness, stiffness, and stress on the liver and heart.
Lower Your Risk of Diabetes
GLP-1 medications help regulate blood sugar by enhancing insulin response and reducing glucose spikes, which may lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Frequently Asked Questions
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GLP-1 medications mimic a natural hormone in the body that helps regulate appetite and blood sugar. They slow gastric emptying, increase insulin release when blood sugar is elevated, and reduce glucagon levels, which together help decrease hunger, improve blood sugar control, and support weight loss.
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GLP-1 medications can cause side effects in some people, especially when first starting or increasing the dose, with the most common being nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, decreased appetite, and mild stomach discomfort. Less commonly, patients may experience fatigue, headaches, or reflux symptoms, and more serious side effects are rare but can occur, which is why these medications are would be prescribed and monitored by your provider.
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We work with each of our patients to build out a personalized treatment plan, based on their medical history, lifestyle, and overall wellness goals. Many of our patients receive injections weekly, but throughout your weight loss journey, we will monitor and adjust your dosage and frequency as needed.
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These medications are administered via subcutaneous injection in the stomach, thigh, or arm.
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In short, it depends. Most patients begin noticing appetite changes and early weight loss within the first 2–4 weeks of starting GLP-1 therapy, with more consistent and noticeable weight loss typically developing over 8–12 weeks as the dose is gradually adjusted and the body adapts to the medication.
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GLP-1 stands for glucagon-like peptide-1, a naturally occurring hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, appetite, and digestion.
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