The same mechanism that slows gastric emptying to suppress appetite also creates the conditions for increased gas production
According to FDA prescribing data , nausea affects up to 20% of patients on semaglutide, while vomiting and diarrhoea affect roughly 8% to 12%
Common medications in this class include: Ozempic (semaglutide) Wegovy (semaglutide) Rybelsus (semaglutide) Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Zepbound (tirzepatide) Trulicity (dulaglutide) While many users experience common, milder side effects like nausea, a growing number of individuals are reporting severe, persistent, and life-altering gastrointestinal injuries
Hypothalamic Control of Feeding Behavior The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus and just above the brain stem and is composed of several domains (nuclei) that perform a variety of functions
En estudios ERC de larga duracin se ha observado que el grupo que tom frmacos anlogos del GLP-1, como Ozempic, present ms casos de cncer de tiroides, aunque la diferencia entre grupos no llega a ser estadsticamente significativa (Silverii et al., 2025)