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Regarding contraception, the effects of GLP-1 medications vary by product: For semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda), and dulaglutide (Trulicity), no clinically relevant interactions with oral contraceptives have been established in product information
In the hours following your injection, you might experience some mild side effects
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Patients also see improvements in various health markers, such as blood pressure, lipid levels, and inflammatory markers
Compared with those who didn't take GLP-1s, those who did had a reduction of 10% to 20% in heart failure, cardiac arrest, lung failure, and pneumonia, and Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia