GLP 1 medications (semaglutide, tirzepatide) are incredibly effective and popular. Studies have shown many benefits in addition to weight loss- cardiac benefits, slower progression of dementia, lowers asthma, improves fatty liver, helps with knee osteoarthritis and more. For those of you who have BMIs above 30, or a BMI over 27 with an additional medical issue like blood pressure/diabetes/high cholesterol, you need to lose weight, and regular dosing regimens are more likely to be effective.
Who should consider microdosing?
- Don’t have much weight to lose
- Those sensitive to the medication
- Those who are trying to minimize side effects
- Those weaning off the medication (We also strongly recommend our other products at Biohackr we developed to help you wean off the medications- NAD, our Biohackr Probiotic with strains to help with glucose control, and our German micronized Creatine Powder to build muscle)
- Those trying to get some of the anti- inflammatory effects, improvement to insulin resistance, improvement of addiction/food noise, prevention of dementia progression of the GLP1 medication
What is microdosing?
This is actually easier done with compounded medications. Instead of taking a traditional dose, you take a fraction of that dose. The goal is to take the smallest amount of medication to give you the desired effect. The benefit of microdosing? You minimize cost, side effects, and more. It may be easier to wean off. It is the “low and slow” approach to weight loss. The negative? If the dose is too low, it may not provide the desired effect.
What do the studies say?
This is too new. When you do a search for microdosing in published literature, you see no published studies. There are no FDA Guidelines to microdosing. Even at a small dose, GLP 1 medications are medications. There are contraindications to using these medications (pancreatitis, MEN syndrome, thyroid cancer, or gastric paralysis/emptying issues.)
How can Biohackr Health help?
We offer semaglutide and tirzepatide. We can adjust your dosing regimen to fit what YOU need. We are not an online company. When we are guiding you on this journey, we focus on your whole body picture, not just a little piece. We do so by collecting a lot of information about you and offering other services which will help approach your health issues in multiple ways.
- Labwork. When taking any medication, you should monitor your labs. What is your baseline? After being on the medication, you retest. Has anything changed?
- InBody scan to see your muscle/fat percentage composition.
- Vital signs
- NAD. This has been shown to help with every body system through improving the mitochondrial production in every cell. SHOP
- Biohackr Probiotic. We created our NSF certified probiotic with bacterial strains which are known to help with glucose resistance. SHOP
- CGM. Is your blood glucose an issue for you? HBA1C can show you how your glucose control is. If your number is elevated (above 5.6), we strongly recommend you do a continuous glucose monitor to see what food triggers you. Adjust how you eat, your activity level, and what you eat can make huge differences. CGM
- Creatine. Building muscle helps with the muscle loss from weight loss. It also helps with heart, blood sugar, and dementia issues. Read our blogs creatine.
