There’s one dangerous effect of a GLP-1 agonist: delayed emptying of the stomach during surgery. Usually, the stomach should be empty due to the risk of complic

There’s one dangerous effect of a GLP-1 agonist: delayed emptying of the stomach during surgery. Usually, the stomach should be empty due to the risk of complications (like aspiration). But when one takes a GLP-1 agonist, it is not enough to fast on the same day. When planning surgery, you need to talk with your surgeon. One solution could be to stop taking the agonist seven days before surgery and fast for 24 hours. There’s an insidious issue: uninformed people tend to quickly assume that the patient is weak-willed and ate even if instructed to come NPO.