Key Takeaways You should not take Mounjaro or Wegovy while pregnant If you accidentally get pregnant on Mounjaro or Wegovy, stop treatment and seek medical advice immediately Weight loss from GLP-1 medications may increase fertility Human safety data is limited, but monitoring and support are available Reliable contraception is essential if pregnancy is not desired If you have concerns about pregnancy, fertility, or GLP-1 medications, contact the team at Phlo Clinic
Those taking other medications that cause dehydration, like certain blood pressure medications or stimulants
A 2015 review of peptide hormone pharmacokinetics published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics confirmed that "peptides of fewer than 40 amino acids are predominantly cleared through proteolytic degradation rather than hepatic oxidative metabolism, making traditional CYP-mediated drug interactions clinically irrelevant for this class" [5]
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Semaglutide functions by imitating a hormone known as GLP-1
Peptides are short chains of amino acids the same building blocks that form proteins