Its potential to help comes from two angles: its anti-inflammatory properties can reduce the chemical irritation of the nerve root, and its neuroprotective effects may help protect the nerve from compressive damage and support its healing
Some patients report smoother tolerance when their circadian trough (naturally lower appetite and activity) coincides with peak medication levels
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7 If you want to put the levers in order of importance for protecting body composition on a GLP-1: resistance training first, a protein target around 1.6 g/kg of target body weight second (see our protein recommendations and consider Whey Rx if hitting the target on a suppressed appetite is the bottleneck), sleep third, and creatine somewhere after that
Likewise, Wegovy, the brand name, is an injectable semaglutide that the FDA approves for weight loss and can be dosed with or without food