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Hol Food Review: Is This Meal Replacement Safe ...

Last updated: May 2024 | Written by Dr. Onikepe Adegbola, MD PhD Hol Food is a European (Dutch/German) nutritionally complete powdered meal replacement in the same category as Jimmy Joy,...

Hol Food Review: Is This Meal Replacement Safe ...

Last updated: May 2024 | Written by Dr. Onikepe Adegbola, MD PhD Hol Food is a European (Dutch/German) nutritionally complete powdered meal replacement in the same category as Jimmy Joy,...

GLP-1 Proctalgia Fugax: Why Rectal Spasms Happe...

Proctalgia fugax is brief, intense, self-limited rectal pain caused by a sudden spasm of the smooth muscle of the anal canal. It is not a recognized direct side effect of...

GLP-1 Proctalgia Fugax: Why Rectal Spasms Happe...

Proctalgia fugax is brief, intense, self-limited rectal pain caused by a sudden spasm of the smooth muscle of the anal canal. It is not a recognized direct side effect of...

Managing GLP-1 Rectal Urgency at Night: A Physi...

Experiencing glp 1 rectal urgency at night on medications like semaglutide or tirzepatide is usually driven by delayed gastric emptying pushing a large evening meal into the colon hours later,...

Managing GLP-1 Rectal Urgency at Night: A Physi...

Experiencing glp 1 rectal urgency at night on medications like semaglutide or tirzepatide is usually driven by delayed gastric emptying pushing a large evening meal into the colon hours later,...

Managing GLP-1 Fecal Incontinence: Causes and S...

Faecal incontinence is not a listed side effect of semaglutide or tirzepatide, but two GLP-1 effects make leakage far more likely — drug-induced diarrhoea and urgency (loose stool is much...

Managing GLP-1 Fecal Incontinence: Causes and S...

Faecal incontinence is not a listed side effect of semaglutide or tirzepatide, but two GLP-1 effects make leakage far more likely — drug-induced diarrhoea and urgency (loose stool is much...

GLP-1 Pruritus Ani and Perianal Itching: Causes...

GLP-1 receptor agonist medications do not cause anal itching directly, but both of their common bowel side effects set it up—loose, frequent, often bile-rich stools that irritate perianal skin, and...

GLP-1 Pruritus Ani and Perianal Itching: Causes...

GLP-1 receptor agonist medications do not cause anal itching directly, but both of their common bowel side effects set it up—loose, frequent, often bile-rich stools that irritate perianal skin, and...

Does Imodium Make You Pee More? What Your Kidne...

Patients often sit across from me in my clinic looking puzzled and asking, “Doctor, does imodium make you pee more?” The short answer is no. Loperamide is not a diuretic,...

Does Imodium Make You Pee More? What Your Kidne...

Patients often sit across from me in my clinic looking puzzled and asking, “Doctor, does imodium make you pee more?” The short answer is no. Loperamide is not a diuretic,...