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Medications like tirzepatide are formulated with a half-life of five days, helping people feel fuller for nearly a week after the injection of their dose, explains Ethan Lazarus, M.D., an obesity medicine physician in Colorado and past president of the Obesity Medicine Association

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Do not inject more frequently than the minimum interval to compensate for the shift

To achieve healthy and sustained weight loss , Tirzepatide injections are prescribed for individuals who meet certain criteria

Tirzepatide works by targeting the dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, making it the first weight loss and diabetes care medication that targets 2 receptor agonists