We at Biohackr Health want you to lose weight safely. This was a medical article that came across our desk: “People are Overdosing on Semaglutide Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.” Given that we do a lot of semaglutide and tirzepatide, as we think GLP-1 agonists are great for many patients, we wanted to see what it said.
They discuss how dosing errors in medication can cause a lot of side effects. Overdosing GLP-1 agonists like semaglutide can cause a lot of GI issues, which are severe and prolonged.
- We know this. That is why at Biohackr Health, we start you at a low dose and move you up. This is to make sure you tolerate the medication and to minimize side effects. You ideally want to be on the lowest effective dose.
- We at Biohackr Health administer the medication. We have trained nurses who have administered these medications to hundreds of patients.
- The FDA alerted doctors and pharmacies that when patients have to portion their own doses of the medication, they often do so incorrectly. This is when patients are getting cheaper medications off the Internet from compounding pharmacies, where the labeling can be confusing. Milligrams? Milliliters? Units? What is the syringe size? The FDA reports some people injected 5-20x the prescribed dose. (!!)
- There is a growing number of illegal operations and scam websites. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has identified more than 40,000 of these sites. Some look legitimate and may promise name brand weight loss drugs. JAMA, the Journal of American Medicine, researchers purchased off some of these sites. Half of the orders were never filled — non-delivery scams. The vials they did receive were contaminated or impure or contained more semaglutide than listed.
- If you take too much what happens? Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fainting, headaches, acute pancreatitis. Many sought medical care, some with hospitalization. Formulas are made to last for about a week, but symptoms can persist longer.
So what can you do?
- Don’t order this off the internet and self-administer. You need to know the source, quality, and amount of what you are doing.
- Be supervised. We believe strongly in our program at Biohackr Health. Learn from our experience:
- We do In-Body scans to assess your muscle and fat percentages; so as you lose weight, we can see what source. If you are losing muscle, we will help you address it.
- We check your vital signs at each visit.
- We advance you as you need to have effective results. If you need more, we can do that. If you need to switch between tirzepatide and semaglutide, we can do that.
- We have other supportive modalities to assist you in your weight loss: NAD+, our probiotic which helps with insulin resistance and aids in digestion, and nausea medication if needed.
- We have experience. Again, we have had hundreds of patients. That gives us valuable insights into what to do if there are issues and helps us optimize your weight loss.
Be smart and safe with your weight loss. There are risks, even when done with a supervised, experienced team, but this is a place where quality and experience matter.
