Semaglutide is an injectable medication used for treating chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight. It helps regulate blood sugar levels and reduces appetite by acting on receptors in the brain that help control eating. When used alongside diet and exercise, semaglutide can be a useful tool for long-term weight loss.
At Balance Health Clinic in Brazoria, we provide customized semaglutide compounded treatment plans to help patients achieve their health and weight loss goals. Compounding allows us to adjust the dosage to each patient's needs. We also provide nutritional counseling, fitness guidance, and mental health support for comprehensive treatment.
Below we will explore key topics around semaglutide therapy, including:
Many patients seeking semaglutide treatment also have underlying hormone deficiencies that contribute to weight gain and make weight loss more difficult. Common deficiencies include:
The thyroid gland regulates metabolism. Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, causes fatigue, weight gain, constipation, joint pain, hair loss, and more. Getting thyroid levels optimized is key for successful weight loss.
Low testosterone is common in overweight and obese men. Symptoms include low energy, reduced muscle mass, depression, and sexual dysfunction. Optimizing testosterone can boost energy, motivation, and fat burning.
Declining estrogen levels cause trouble losing weight, particularly around the midsection, along with hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, and sleep disruption in women. Balancing hormones can alleviate symptoms.
Elevated cortisol, the body's main stress hormone, causes increased hunger and fat storage around the midsection. Managing stress and lowering excess cortisol is essential when trying to lose weight.
Identifying and properly treating any hormone imbalances is key to seeing the best results on semaglutide for weight loss. Our experienced practitioners can provide advanced testing and create customized treatment plans involving semaglutide, thyroid medications, cortisol modulators, bioidentical hormone therapy, and more as needed.
Along with weight loss, semaglutide treatment offers many additional benefits:
By improving insulin sensitivity, semaglutide helps lower HbA1c, a measure of long-term blood sugar management. This effect helps reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Semaglutide has been shown to decrease unhealthy LDL cholesterol levels while increasing healthy HDL cholesterol. This provides heart health protective benefits.
In addition to lowering appetite, semaglutide slows digestion allowing more time for the intestines to absorb nutrients from food. This enhances the benefits of healthy eating.
The "hunger hormone" ghrelin is suppressed with semaglutide usage, reducing food cravings and the urge to overeat. This supports the sustainability of lifestyle changes.
Gastrointestinal side effects are less common with semaglutide than other GLP-1 receptor agonists used for diabetes and weight loss. This leads to better tolerance and compliance.
With all of these advantages, semaglutide is an excellent addition to a comprehensive weight loss plan. The medication works with the body’s own hormones to regulate appetite and metabolism. When combined with our clinic’s personalized nutrition and fitness guidance, patients see profound and lasting results.
If you are considering semaglutide for weight loss, here is an overview of how treatment works:
Semaglutide comes in a prefilled pen that is used to inject a small dose under the skin once weekly. The medication is provided in a customized compounded formulation that is tailored to your treatment plan.
Treatment starts with a low 0.25 mg weekly injection, increasing the dose slowly every 4 weeks up to the target maintenance dose of 2.4 mg once weekly. This gradual increase helps minimize side effects.
For best results, semaglutide should be combined with the lifestyle modifications in nutrition and physical activity we provide guidance on. This comprehensive approach provides greater and longer-lasting weight loss.
Treatment with semaglutide is meant to be long-term, not just a "quick fix." By continuing maintenance injections along with healthy lifestyle behaviors, most patients sustain weight loss results well beyond 1-2 years.
While semaglutide is generally safe and effective, make sure to follow your practitioner’s instructions carefully regarding dosage and timing. Let them know about any side effects. With close medical supervision, semaglutide can be a well-tolerated and highly effective addition to your weight loss plan.
Recognizing the signs of hormone imbalance and seeking treatment in a timely way is critical for restoring wellbeing and getting your weight back under control. Consider that:
Hormone deficiencies tend to worsen gradually over months and years. The longer imbalances go untreated, the more symptoms amplify and additional health complications can set in.
As hormone issues lead to more weight gain and metabolic disruption, it becomes exponentially harder to lose excess fat and sustain lower body weight.
Conditions linked to obesity like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fatty liver, sleep apnea, insulin resistance, arthritis and inflammation grow more severe over time without treatment. Life expectancy can decrease significantly.
Rather than continue feeling unwell and having your health decline further, the most proactive and compassionate thing you can do is prioritize getting advanced hormone testing and starting science-based treatment right away at our clinic. With an individualized therapy plan using bioidentical hormones, nutrients tailored to your biochemistry, supplements to reduce inflammation and balance metabolism, and key medications like semaglutide when appropriate, you can start experiencing more energy, better mental health, eased discomfort in your body, and steady fat loss leading to a healthier long-term weight. Our clinicians guide you through every step of this transformative process.
The bottom line is the sooner you address undiagnosed hormone problems, the faster you can turn your health around. As experts in hormonal weight loss resistance, we understand how frustrating and distressing it is to do “all the right things” with diet and exercise and still struggle with unwanted weight gain and feeling unwell in your body. At Balance Health Clinic, we provide solutions. With advanced testing not typically done elsewhere and powerful tailored treatments, most of our patients finally break through weight loss barriers to achieve results beyond what was once thought possible. We utilize the latest biochemical and genetic precision testing, proven hormone balancing therapy, key prescription aids like semaglutide when helpful, and a supportive team to guide your entire transformation process. Many patients describe our program as life-changing. We are passionate about helping people live up to their full wellness potential.
With two convenient Brazoria area locations, Balance Health Clinic delivers personalized care and proven medical solutions to help patients successfully improve their health, lose excess fat, restore hormone balance, reignite energy levels, enhance mental health, and optimize physical function. What sets our clinic apart includes:
Our practitioners including NPs, MDs and PhDs have advanced certifications in obesity medicine, regenerative biochemistry and metabolism. We specialize in unraveling the science behind why you haven’t been able to lose weight successfully.
We provide more comprehensive hormone, nutrient and genetic testing than typically done elsewhere to pinpoint root causes driving poor health and weight concerns. Testing informs customized treatment plans.
Your treatment plan is tailored to your unique biochemistry, lifestyle and health goals. We are committed to working closely together until you achieve results. Follow-up testing allows adjustments over time.
From bioidentical hormones, cortisol balancing, inflammation reduction, gut healing, food sensitivity improvement and contaminant / toxin removal to cutting-edge aids like medical marijuana, semaglutide and more, we offer the latest science-proven therapies to address all contributing factors.
We focus not just on weight but enable patients to experience enhanced sleep, mood, cognition, pain relief, disease prevention, libido and overall wellbeing by addressing health needs comprehensively. This is optimal aging and living.
We know it can feel vulnerable asking for help getting your health, hormones and weight back in check. Please know we work with the utmost care, empathy and clinical excellence guiding your journey toward feeling, looking and living your best. We thoroughly explain lab work, create transparent treatment plans, answer all your questions, and support you each step of the way.
Balance Health Clinic staff are excited to guide you through this process toward feeling like the best version of yourself again with the right balance of hormones, nutrients tailored to your biochemistry, supplements to reduce inflammation and balance metabolism. By using treatment modalities such as bioidentical hormones, cortisol balancing, inflammation reduction, gut healing, food sensitivity improvement and contaminant / toxin removal to cutting-edge aids like medical marijuana, semaglutide and more, we offer the latest science-proven therapies to address all contributing factors to help patients live up to their full wellness potential.
Balance Health Clinic delivers personalized care and proven medical solutions to help patients successfully improve their health, lose excess fat, restore hormone balance, reignite energy levels, enhance mental health, and optimize physical function.
If you decide to move forward with semaglutide administered as part of a tailored weight loss plan through our clinic, here are some useful things to know:
As with many medications, some patients report temporary nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation when first starting semaglutide treatment. These GI issues typically resolve within 4-8 weeks as the body adjusts. Stay well hydrated.
Mild redness, itching or swelling may occur at the injection site on the abdomen, thigh or arm. These reactions generally resolve rapidly. Rotate injection sites with each dose.
Getting nutrition, sleep, stress management and appropriate physical activity optimized greatly amplifies semaglutide results. Guidance will be provided on making impactful lifestyle changes.
Let your medical practitioner know about all supplements and prescription medications you take as dosing adjustments may be advisable. Semaglutide slows stomach emptying which impacts absorption of oral medications.
Make sure not to suddenly discontinue semaglutide without medical supervision. Your dosage will need to be tapered off slowly over several weeks whenever you wish to stop usage to avoid side effects.
While generally well tolerated, semaglutide is not advised for people with certain health issues like severe kidney or liver disease, diabetic retinopathy, medullary thyroid cancer or History of pancreatitis. Our staff screens for contraindications.
With excellent communication and monitoring by our practitioners, most patients find the initial adaptation phase well worth it for the profound benefits semaglutide provides for lasting weight control when combined with other therapies in our medical program. We work closely so you know what to expect each step of the way.
The right balance of nutrition, activity and stress management amplifies your results on semaglutide treatment. Our clinicians provide personalized guidance on:
Focus diet on a colorful variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts/seeds, lean proteins and healthy fats. Stay well hydrated with water and herbal tea. Reduce sugars, refined grains and processed foods.
Time food intake stopping when you feel satiated not overly full. Put leftovers out of sight. Use smaller plates and tall narrow glasses to make portions appear larger.
Make daily time for relaxing activities - self care, laughter and social connection are powerful health promoters. Consider mind-body therapies like meditation, yoga, massage. Prioritize sleep.
Stay active with a blend of flexibility training, muscle-building resistance workout, and moderate-intense cardio aiming for 30-60 minutes daily. Our exercise physiologist tailors activities to your fitness level and health status. Walking, swimming and dancing are great for most body types.
Daily high quality probiotic and fish oil supplements support gut and brain health. We also provide specialized nutrients based on your lab testing and may advise botanicals like turmeric, cinnamon, green tea, bitter melon, and berberine compounds that act synergistically with semaglutide.
Adjusting long engrained lifestyle habits can feel overwhelming. Have compassion for yourself on days when progress isn’t linear. You don’t need to implement all changes immediately or perfectly. Our skilled nutrition therapist provides doable steps tailored to your needs, preferences and culture. Over time positive habits compound transforming health and waistline. We offer continued troubleshooting so you can sustain motivation.
The greater Brazoria area offers abundant natural beauty along with fitness facilities, healing spas, parks, recreational waterways, museums, entertainment venues and wonderful culinary options. Enjoying your hometown and de-stressing throughout hormone balancing and weight loss efforts enhances your overall treatment experience and likelihood for maintaining results long-term. During your program you may find the following local establishments useful:
This national clinical lab has a Brazoria location offering convenient blood draws for the initial and follow-up testing we recommend to monitor your biochemical treatment progress.
With a prime County Fairgrounds locale, Corelife makes convenient nourishing eats focused on greens, veggies, broths and proteins with dairy/gluten/soy-free, vegetarian and keto options perfect for our nutrition plan.
This premier Brazoria exercise complex near the Delta Canal Museum offers state-of-the art equipment and classes from Zumba to kickboxing, indoor cycling, heated yoga and lap swimming - ideal for working exercise into your schedule.
Pamper yourself throughout your transformation journey with soothing experiences like massage, body treatments, healing float pods and aromatherapy at this highly rated Dowtown spa voted best in Brazoria five years running.
Encompassing over 1,000 acres with seven miles of walking trails surrounded by natural coastal prairie habitat, this scenic recreational area operated by the Brazoria Parks Dept provides free public access for communing with nature, de-stressing and restoring inner balance amid your wellness goals.
Treating the body with care via nutritious whole foods, staying active, promoting mental calm, prioritizing restorative sleep and making time for enjoyable community-based activities amplifies your hormone balancing and weight loss treatment progress. Our knowledgeable practitioners also provide specific referrals to other high quality local practitioners, fitness resources, stress management providers and food purveyors able to support your transformation and optimal wellbeing.
We strive for our patients to feel wholly cared for along their journey - medical needs, nutrition, mental/emotional health and lifestyle. Please check in with our friendly staff anytime questions or needs come up so we can adjust guidance and provide additional recommendations. We work as partners, troubleshooting challenges together so you can achieve the inspiring results you deserve. Everything stems from our commitment to help you fully thrive!
