How Townhead Pharmacy Can Help At Townhead Pharmacy, we provide pharmacist-led consultations to discuss semaglutide treatment, review your health history, and help you understand how to use the medication safely
Semaglutide, like its counterparts, can cause gastrointestinal issues, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
To minimise GLP-1 side effects, these medications are typically prescribed with a process called dose titration starting at a very low dose and gradually increasing it over several weeks to give your body time to adapt
For example, research has shown that approximately 4% of people stop taking Wegovy due to side effects, compared to around 7% of Mounjaro users
However, their long life-span, penetration through the bloodbrain barrier (BBB) 13 , and high therapeutic doses may allow them to directly act on central nervous system GLP-1Rs 12 , thereby causing CNS-dependent side effects