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GLP-1 Medications
Semaglutide, tirzepatide and the new oral options, and how they fit alongside bariatric surgery. What the evidence shows, what they cost, and what to tell your surgical team.
Articles
- What GLP-1 Medications Are and How They Work The hormone these drugs copy, the four things it does in your body, and why that adds up to weight loss rather than appetite suppression in the old sense.
- Which GLP-1 Medications Are Approved Right Now Five options are now approved for weight management, two of them pills. What each one is, what it is called, and how the choices differ.
- How Much Weight People Actually Lose on GLP-1 Medications Trial averages for each medication, what share of people hit 10, 15 and 20 percent, and why your result may look nothing like the headline number.
- GLP-1 Medications Versus Bariatric Surgery An honest comparison on weight loss, durability, cost, risk and reversibility, including why this is increasingly not an either-or decision.
- Using GLP-1 Medications Before Bariatric Surgery Why programs increasingly prescribe a GLP-1 before operating, what the evidence shows in very high BMI patients, and the questions to settle with your team first.
- GLP-1 Medications and Anesthesia: What Your Surgical Team Needs to Know The guidance changed in 2024 and most advice online is still wrong. Five medical societies now say most patients should keep taking their GLP-1 before surgery, not stop.
- GLP-1 Medications After Bariatric Surgery What the evidence shows for adding a GLP-1 when weight loss stalls or regain sets in, including how it compares with revision surgery.
- GLP-1 Side Effects and Safety What is common, what is serious, what the boxed warning actually says, and the one warning the FDA removed in January 2026 after reviewing 91 trials.
- What Happens When You Stop Taking a GLP-1 The regain data is unambiguous and it is the single most important thing to understand before starting. What the trials show and what it means for planning.
- Paying for GLP-1 Medications Coverage is changing fast. What Medicare and Medicaid now offer, what the negotiated prices are, and the questions that decide whether you can afford to stay on treatment.
- Compounded GLP-1s and What to Watch For What the FDA has actually found in the compounded market, including fake pharmacies, dosing errors requiring hospitalisation, and ingredients that are not the same drug.