‘They are devastated’: When your patient discovers stopping semaglutide means the weight returns

Dr Terri-Lynne South says she tells patients the medications are a lifelong commitment.
Dr Terri-Lynne South.

Semaglutide is a game changer for patients right up until they stop the treatment, when many face the heartbreak of watching the kilos return.

That is what GP Dr Terri-Lynne South saw during the 2022 semaglutide shortages and in the years since.