GLP-1 Side Effects

Update: 2025-12-16

Description

Are GLP-1 side effects food for thought or just food for rumors? In this episode, Don and Steve dig into the evidence behind the most talked-about risks of GLP-1 agonists, separating clinical truth from rumors and headlines.

🦱 Are these meds thinning waistlines—and hairlines?
🚹 Do GLP-1s cause erectile dysfunction—or could they actually help?
🛑Is holding GLP-1s before surgery a must, or just medical myth?

Our clinical sleuths investigate whether these claims hold up:

GLP-1 agonists can lead to hair loss
Men can develop erectile dysfunction from GLP-1 agonists
GLP-1 agonists increase risk of suicidal thoughts
GLP-1 agonists are associated with blindness
GLP-1's should be held before every surgery to prevent aspiration

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TRC Healthcare Editor Hosts:

Stephen Small, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, BCCCP, CNSC
Don Weinberger, PharmD, PMSP

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Guest:

Sara Klockars, PharmD, BCPS (TRC Healthcare Editor, Dermatology Specialist)

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