Weight Loss Medications

Keyhole Clinic provides medical weight management treatments with prescription weight loss medications for overweight or obese patients supervised by well experienced doctors. Medications are prescribed when appropriate based on BMI, obesity-related conditions, patient’s medical history, lifestyle and treatment goals.

Based on the BMI, medications are useful for overweight patients. However, if you have a BMI over 35, Bariatric surgery may be a better option for better weight loss, which will sustain as well.

Different Weight Loss Medicines

Wegovy – Once-Weekly Injection
Mounjaro – Once-Weekly Injection
Ozempic – Once-Weekly Injection
Rybelsus – Once-Daily Tablet

Wegovy (injection)

Wegovy once-weekly semaglutide injection along with diet and exercise is expected to bring an average 15-20% weight loss and can help reduce the risk of heart events such as heart attack, stroke or death. It is FDA approved and can also provide improvements in waist size, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.

Mounjaro (injection)

Mounjaro is once-weekly tirzepatide injection that can be used along with diet and exercise. It helps to improve blood sugar and has shown to produce significant weight loss and reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. It works by activating on two gut hormone receptors, GIP and GLP-1. It helps to have good maintenance of blood sugar levels as well.

Ozempic (Injection)

Ozempic (semaglutide) is also once-weekly prescription injection that can be used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes and can produce significant weight loss. It also helps reduce major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease. It is advisable to do routine diabetes test for control of your diabetes and heart tests for monitoring your heart health.

RYBELSUS (Tablet)

RYBELSUS (semaglutide) tablet is usually prescribed for adults suffering with type 2 diabetes. It has to be used along with diet and exercise. RYBELSUS helps improve blood sugar and A1c. It may also help in losing some weight.

Lowers Blood sugar and A1c
May help you lose some weight
Does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke or death

It has to be taken on empty stomach and the fasting state has to be maintained for at least one hour.

Possible side effects of Weight Loss Medications

Possible side effects include pancreatitis, changes in vision, low blood sugar, dehydration, stomach problems, allergic reactions, gallbladder problems, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, decreased appetite, vomiting, constipation, hair loss. Consult your doctor if you suffer from the above symptoms.