{"id":98036,"date":"2026-11-07T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98036"},"modified":"2026-11-07T07:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:56:00","slug":"glp-1-side-effects-have-users-turning-to-supplements-why-doctors-are-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98036","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1 side effects have users turning to supplements. Why doctors are worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/03\/005f570a-a194-40b4-808d-d74a11d067cb_74a619ee.jpg?itok=LwjwI9Rz&amp;v=1793689601\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For 42-year-old Allison Vecchio, GLP-1 drugs were \u201ca reset button on life\u201d, but came at a price \u2013 with side effects like gastrointestinal distress, brittle nails and feelings of weakness so intense that at times she could not leave her bed.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">But Vecchio, an emergency room nurse based in Fort Pierce, in the US state of Florida, says the symptoms eased when she began a cocktail of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">supplements<\/span> that included <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">fibre<\/span>, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">collagen<\/span> and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">electrolytes<\/span>, a haul that costs US$200 to US$300 a month.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cYou really have to take the reins\u201d to turn mere weight loss into improved health, she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3373100\/glp-1-side-effects-have-users-turning-supplements-why-doctors-are-worried\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 42-year-old Allison Vecchio, GLP-1 drugs were \u201ca reset button on life\u201d, but came at a price \u2013 with side effects like gastrointestinal distress, brittle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1994,11557,32302,2581,10504,6213,653,1131],"class_list":["post-98036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-doctors","tag-effects","tag-glp1","tag-side","tag-supplements","tag-turning","tag-users","tag-worried","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}