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The medication might lose some of its potency, meaning it may not work as well as it should

Patients with higher baseline BMI often lose greater absolute amounts of weight but similar percentages compared to those starting at lower weights

George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images Its hard to turn on the TV, read the news or make it through a conversation without hearing about Ozempic and other drugs like it that belong to a class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1s

Its possible the medication was working before, but over time what we call tolerance can develop, and it may no longer have the same effect, Dr