[Lauren Taylor]

IN RECENT YEARS BOTH WEIGHT LOSS INJECTIONS AND “MICRODOSING” HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR – AND NOW SO IS COMBINING THE TWO.

INJECTIONS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO TREAT TYPE 2 DIABETES – LIKE OZEMPIC AND MOUNJARO – ARE PROVEN TO HELP PEOPLE LOSE WEIGHT… BUT OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH SIDE EFFECTS LIKE GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES.

THAT’S WHY PEOPLE HAVE STARTED “MICRODOSING” THESE DRUGS.

THAT’S WHEN PEOPLE TAKE **LESS** THAN THE PRESCRIBED OR RECOMMENDED AMOUNT TO REAP THE DRUG’S BENEFITS WHILE AVOIDING ITS SIDE EFFECTS.

THE CONCEPT HAS GAINED POPULARITY IN RECENT YEARS WITH PEOPLE MICRODOSING PSYCHEDELICS TO TREAT MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

AND WHILE THERE’S NO OFFICIAL SCIENCE BEHIND IT… PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRIED MICRODOSING WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS SAY IT’S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR THEM.

BUT HEALTH EXPERTS ARE ISSUING A WARNING OVER THE NEW TREND – AS MANY PEOPLE WHO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON DO SO WITHOUT TALKING TO THEIR DOCTOR FIRST.

SOME DOCTORS USE IT TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY REACHED THEIR GOAL WEIGHT WHILE USING MEDICATION KEEP THAT WEIGHT OFF.

THE PRACTICE HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO HELP PEOPLE CURB ADDICTIONS – NOT JUST TO FOOD, BUT TO THINGS LIKE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, AS WELL.

A STUDY FOR THE JOURNAL ‘ADDICTION’ SHOWED THOSE ON SEMAGLUTIDES WERE 40 TO 50 PERCENT LESS LIKELY TO BINGE DRINK OR ABUSE OPIOIDS.

AND SOME DOCTORS SAY THEY WON’T EVEN RECOMMEND IT – BECAUSE THERE’S SIMPLY NOT ANY RESEARCH TO SHOW IF ITS SAFE.

THE TREND HAS ALSO HEIGHTENED CONCERNS MORE PEOPLE WILL TURN TO BUYING THESE DRUGS OR COMPOUNDED VERSIONS OF THEIR ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ONLINE – SOMETHING THAT’S ALREADY BEEN AN ISSUE AMONG THOSE WHO INSURANCE DOESN’T COVER OR WHO CAN AFFORD THEM – WHICH COULD LEAD TO OVERDOSES AND INFECTION OR DEASES BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT REGULATED.

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