What you need to know about GLP-1 weight loss drugs
>> GOP ONE DRUGS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY CLASS OF MEDICATIONS. THEY DO IN TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES AND MANAGING WEIGHT AND OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PATIENTS HAS DRAWN ATTENTION TO THIS RELATIVELY NEW CLASS OF DRUGS. SO JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS ON WELLNESS WITH WHAT IS DOCTOR JOHN TRAM, A VERY ACCURATE EXPERT COREWELL HEALTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANKS FOR HAVING SO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THESE DRUGS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NAMES WE RECOGNIZE AND HOW THEY WORK AGO. AND JARO. >> THERE ARE MEDICATIONS THAT ACTUALLY WORK BY AFFECTING GUN MORMONS. >> WE NOW KNOW THAT OBESITY IS A DISEASE. IT'S A DISEASE CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF CERTAIN GOT HORMONES OR TOO MUCH OF CERTAIN HORMONES. AND WE NOW HAVE MEDICATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT THOSE GOOD HORMONES WHICH CAN AFFECT AND GIVE THOSE PATIENTS INABILITY TO TREAT THE DISEASE AND OBESITY. YEAH. LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT CHANGE IN THINKING BECAUSE IN THE PAST, OBESITY WAS TREATED AS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE OR A FAILURE OF WILL.
>> SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY. NOW. HOW HOW IS THAT AS A DOCTOR. HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS FOR YOU WILL YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY AT FIRST. I THINK WE THOUGHT WE LOST OR 2 SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE COULD JUST LIMIT HOW MUCH PEOPLE HELP THEM WITH THEIR DIET. >> WE NOW KNOW THAT THE OPERATIONS THAT WE DO ACTUALLY AFFECT GUT HORMONES. IT WAS THAT KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS LATE IN THE WEIGHT LOSS THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SAY, OK, WELL, IF WE COULD MAYBE RAISE GOP LEVELS. WE CAN ALSO HELP. SO IT'S GIVEN US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE AND OBESITY. TELL PATIENTS NOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU HAVE CANCER. WE KNOW IS A DISEASE. IT REQUIRES A TREATMENT MIGHT BE CHEMOTHERAPY. IT MIGHT BE A SIMPLE OPERATION LATE. BE A COMPLEX OPERATION OR MAYBE A COMBINATION. AND I THINK THE TRICKY THING IS TRUE. ALSO OF OBESITY. IT CANNOT BE FIXED WITH JUST A LIFESTYLE CHANGE OR A DIET.
IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES IN AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM AND FOR SOME PATIENTS THAT MAY BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A MEDICATION. BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT TO LOSE. MEANS SOMETHING MORE MAYBE AN OPERATION OR A COMPLEX OPERATION OR A COMBINATION OF THAT. AND I ASSUME WHEN PEOPLE COME TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL PERSON TO FIND OUT. >> OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE IMPORTANT MISSION MESSAGE YOU HAVE FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM OBESITY. ONE THING FOR PATIENTS WHO NEED TO LOSE 3040, 50 POUNDS. THE GOP IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAM THAT THERE IS. BUT FOR PATIENTS WHO. >> NEED TO LOSE 7500 POUNDS OR MORE. GOP IS NOT GOING TO BE THE RIGHT MEDICATION FOR YOU. IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE MEDICATION FOR LIFE. WE DON'T KNOW THE LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF BEING ON THAT MEDICATION FOR LIFE. IT'S AFFECTED ABOUT 60 OR 70%. THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS. SO FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE MORE THAN LET'S SAY 70 POUNDS TO LOSE REALLY A SURGICAL TREATMENT IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS SURGERY CAN NOW BE DONE AS AN OUTPATIENT. MOST PEOPLE ARE BACK PRETTY NORMAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN A WEEK OR 2 INCREDIBLE. SO THE MOST IMPOR.
