How do I stop Semaglutide after reaching my target weight to avoid sides and regain?

Surveys show that about 15 percent of adults in the United States have diabetes and more than 40 percent are obese. By 2023, about 1.7 percent of people in the United States will have been prescribed Semaglutide. Add in overweight people in other countries who are using Semaglutide, as well as some overweight people who buy Semaglutide drugs out of their own pocket, and there are a lot of Semaglutide users. Semaglutide has helped tens of millions of overweight people lose weight. However, many people know how to stop taking Semaglutide, but don’t know how to stop. What we’re talking about today is how to stop Semaglutide after you reach your target weight to avoid weight gain and possible side effects.

Side effects that may occur when Semaglutide is discontinued

When Semaglutide suddenly leaves the body, it also takes time for the body to adjust to the drug’s departure and restore its own hormone level balance. As a result, users experience a certain level of side effects. Possible side effects are as follows.

Blood glucose fluctuation

Because in addition to lose weight, Semaglutide is also a diabetes drug that lowers blood sugar levels. When stop using Semaglutide, blood sugar levels fluctuate.

Appetite recovery and hunger

Using Semaglutide suppresses appetite, increases satiety, and reduces food needs and cravings. After habitually relying on Semaglutide to suppress food needs and cravings, suddenly stopping Semaglutide can cause us to be physically and mentally unable to handle the need for food. If you resume your previous eating habits, you are more likely to regain weight.

Weight gain

In clinical trials of Semaglutide, more than half of the people who stopped the drug for a year regained weight. Most of the time we are reluctant to admit that obesity is a chronic disease, but the actual situation tells us that the treatment of obesity needs a long time sustained effort, it is not like a general disease, cure just leave it alone.

Gastrointestinal problems and fatigue

As the body adjusts to the absence of the drug, the common side effects of Semaglutide, such as nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue, may reappear and gradually slow down until they disappear as the body adjusts itself.

Not everyone will experience the above side effects, and the actual situation is different for everyone. If these side effects occur, what can we do to avoid them and possible weight gain?

How to avoid the side effects of Semaglutide withdrawal and weight regain?

First, you should consult with your health care provider to develop a withdrawal plan before deciding to stop the drug. Try not to stop suddenly. When we use drugs to change the body’s natural functions, the body actively makes adjustments to work in concert with the drug. If we suddenly stop using a drug, the body has not had time to recover the previous hormone levels in time, so it is prone to side effects. At this point, slow discontinuation is a wise choice.

Regarding how to avoid weight regain, this is the ultimate question for all users who use drugs to lose weight. One way or another, we need to face this problem. Adopting good lifestyle habits, maintaining a healthy diet, and participating in enough daily exercise are the answers we get. However, many people will say that if I can maintain a good lifestyle, I will not make myself so fat that I need the help of drugs to lose weight successfully. We will not debate this too much, but it must be said that maintaining good habits is indeed a prerequisite for overall physical health.

Many people are actively looking for ways to prevent weight regain, and it is worth learning from this practice to find the lowest dose that is right for you. Some people try 0.25mg of Semaglutide every 10 days to control food noise and successfully maintain weight gain. Some people use other or lower maintenance doses, including only one injection per month. Depending on the recipient, we need to gradually reduce the dose to find the lowest maintenance dose that suits them.