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Some of its side effects, including breast pain/tenderness and gynecomastia, are far less likely to occur when the drug is combined with a GnRH analogue, [205] while certain other side effects, including hot flashes, depression, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction, [206] occur much more frequently in combination with a GnRH analogue.
Malnutrition first causes fat loss but may progress to muscle atrophy in prolonged starvation and can be reversed with nutritional therapy. In contrast, cachexia is a wasting syndrome caused by an underlying disease such as cancer that causes dramatic muscle atrophy and cannot be completely reversed with nutritional therapy.
Muscle pain and other symptoms often cause patients to stop taking a statin. [88] This is known as statin intolerance. A 2021 double-blind multiple crossover randomized controlled trial (RCT) in statin-intolerant patients found that adverse effects, including muscle pain, were similar between atorvastatin and placebo. [89]
Can weight loss drugs cause muscle loss? Any significant weight loss can impact lean body mass, but it's not necessarily harmful. Weight loss drugs can lead to muscle loss, too.
Another word for muscle pain, myalgia affects muscles, ligaments, tendons, and connective tissues. In clinical trials of Cialis, one to four percent of men reported muscle pain as an adverse effect.
Why Does Ozempic Cause Muscle Loss? When you reduce your body weight, an estimated 20 to 40 percent of the total lost is lean mass. The remaining 60 to 80 percent is fat mass. Clinical trials have ...
Sarcopenia (ICD-10-CM code M62.84 [1]) is a type of muscle loss that occurs with aging and/or immobility. It is characterized by the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality, and strength. The rate of muscle loss is dependent on exercise level, co-morbidities, nutrition and other factors.
GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss involve all kinds of side effects—good and not-so-good—that may or may not strike the average user. (Reminder that there are many of these meds now.