Can weight loss injections help with menopause weight gain?

In this week’s episode, Dr Naomi Potter is joined by menopause specialist Dr Kari Nightingale to unpack one of the biggest topics in women’s health right now: GLP-1 weight loss medications. They discuss why weight can become so much harder to manage in perimenopause and menopause, how these injections actually work, who they may be suitable for, and what women need to know about side effects, safety and long-term use.

If you’ve ever felt like your body has changed overnight, your cravings have ramped up, and the old ways of managing your weight suddenly no longer work, this episode will help make sense of it all.

💬 Topics include:

• Why weight gain often accelerates in perimenopause and menopause

• What GLP-1 medications are and how they work

• Who weight loss injections may be suitable for

• The most common side effects and risks

• What happens when you stop taking them

• Why lifestyle, muscle mass and nutrition still matter

• Whether GLP-1s can be used safely alongside HRT

• The truth about appetite, cravings and insulin resistance in menopause

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00:00 – Menopause, weight gain & GLP-1s explained

01:11 – What GLP-1 medications actually do

02:03 – Why weight loss injections are everywhere right now

03:24 – Who should consider GLP-1 medications?

04:17 – Why menopause makes weight loss harder

07:51 – What happens when you stop GLP-1s?

11:15 – Can weight loss injections help you exercise again?

12:03 – GLP-1 side effects, risks & pancreatitis

14:37 – Mounjaro vs Wegovy: what’s the difference?

17:05 – Are GLP-1s cheating or a real medical treatment?

19:08 – What is microdosing GLP-1s?

21:01 – Why NHS access is still so limited

22:33 – Can you take GLP-1s with HRT?

25:44 – What the GLP-1 consultation process looks like

28:34 – Muscle loss, strength training & healthy weight loss

33:22 – Sugar cravings, menopause & listener questions

35:09 – Regaining weight after stopping GLP-1s

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