Dr. Mezitis Replies to Your Questions:
"My husband has been on diabetic medication for the past 3 months. Particularly after his morning medicine, Janumet, he feels very hungry, which is making him gain a lot of weight. What should I do?"
Many diabetes medications stimulate the appetite and promote weight gain and this may prove counterproductive in the management of the problem. In this situation a change to a medication such as a GLP-1 analogue (Victoza, Trulicity, Byetta, Ozempic) which curbs appetite while reducing blood glucose, may be considered. I prefer to introduce an appetite suppressant such as phentermine, early in the course of management for obese patients with diabetes, knowing that weight loss will solve many of their problems.
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