GLP-1s are meant to be titrated up. The starting dose just lets your body adjust, and it's rarely the dose that gets you to goal. Plenty of people stall because they got parked on an entry-level dose and never moved up.
Not every GLP-1 works the same way for every body. Some people respond far better to a different molecule or delivery method, but never get switched because no one re-evaluated the fit. The first thing you were prescribed isn't always the thing that works.
The medication is only half of it. Without enough protein, muscle, and the right labs being watched, weight loss stalls even when the dose is right. Most prescriptions ship without any of that built in, so the plateau gets blamed on the drug.
Sometimes nothing is wrong. Your body adjusts, weight loss levels off for a stretch, and the right move is patience, not a higher dose or a panic switch. A provider can tell you whether you're actually stalled or just in a normal pause, so you don't change something that's working.
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