Dr. Mary Claire Haver

And then if they decide that, you know, if we decide as a clinician, they're a good candidate, we bring them back for another hour to counsel them on the GLP-1 usage and how to do it in the safest way possible.

Every medication comes with risks and benefits.

Every medication will have pros and cons.

These medications are not for everyone.

And so, yes, we use them.

Our patients are doing extremely well, but it is not here's your shots and go home and go be skinny.

That is not the way we counsel our patients.

We are very, very specific as to how we manage them, how we monitor them, and how we help them stay healthy through the process.

So to wrap up the GLP-1 conversation and people struggling with weight who've had a lifelong struggle or struggle in menopause and premenopause, look, you are not broken.

This body composition change you are experiencing is a, remember this, say this over and over, this is a predictable biological consequence of my hormone change.

This is a predictable biological consequence of my hormone change.

So what that usually means for most of us is you cannot keep going with the same lifestyle that you had and enjoy the same health benefits.

Things are going to have to change.

The GLP-1 is simply a tool in the toolkit.

There are multiple tools in the toolkit.

Adequate resistance training, adequate cardio, exercising your body, lowering your stress, focusing on your sleep, doing all the things that are going to make a healthier body and help these medications help you.

There are tools available.

GLP-1 is just one of them.

But the most important tool is information, education, and a clinician who believes in you and just believes that menopause is part of this process.

And you deserve that.