'''Most of the common effects are gastrointestinal, and most settle.''' This page says what the labels report, what people find helps, and how to record yours so the pattern is visible to the person who can act on it.
'''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' Anything new, severe or worrying goes to your prescriber, not to an app.
== What the labels report ==
The adverse-reaction sections of the product labels list gastrointestinal effects as the most frequently reported: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation (WEGOVY prescribing information, section 6.1).
They are usually most noticeable after a change and tend to ease as the body adjusts. That is the general pattern, not a promise about any individual.
== The ones worth a call rather than a log ==
Severe or persistent abdominal pain. Vomiting that stops you keeping fluids down. Signs of dehydration. Anything the label for your own medicine names as a reason to seek attention.
'''Loopa does not triage.''' It shows you a reminder that your care team is the right place for these, and it has no button that calls anyone.
== What people find helps ==
These are general eating and habit measures, not treatments, and none of them is advice about your medication.
'''Eating more slowly.''' A systematic review and meta-analysis found that a slower eating rate was associated with lower energy intake (Robinson E et al., ''American Journal of Clinical Nutrition'', 2014 · [https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.081745 doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.081745]).
'''Fiber and fluid, together, for constipation.''' The NIH's guidance is that adults should get 22 to 34 grams of fiber a day depending on age and sex, and to "drink plenty of liquids to help the fiber work better" ([https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/constipation/eating-diet-nutrition NIDDK]).
'''Smaller meals, and stopping earlier.''' Fullness arrives sooner on these medicines. Eating to the old signal is a common way to feel unwell.
== Why recording it is worth the ten seconds ==
A symptom you remember at an appointment is a story. A symptom you logged is a record with dates on it, and it answers the question a prescriber actually asks: how often, how bad, and when relative to a dose.
Loopa's daily check-in records energy, appetite, food noise and any symptoms you choose to track from your protocol type's list. Every entry can carry a note in your own words, and a question you want to ask.
== What Loopa does with it ==
After three check-ins in a bucket, Loopa can summarize what you recorded: how often a symptom appeared, its average severity, and where in your cycle it fell. Below that threshold it says it is still learning and names the threshold.
'''It describes and never interprets.''' It will not say a symptom is caused by your medication, will not suggest anything to counteract one, and will not recommend a change. Those sentences are the ones a tracking app has no basis for.
== How Loopa helps ==
- '''Log a symptom:''' '''Health › Protocols › Check in'''. Pick from the list for your protocol type, set a severity, add a note if you want one.
- '''Ask something:''' any symptom, check-in or lab entry can carry a question for your prescriber, in your own words. It goes on the first page of your appointment summary.
- '''See the pattern:''' '''Health › Protocols › Patterns''', once there is enough to describe.
- '''Hand it over:''' '''Summary for your appointment'''.
== Related ==
- [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]]
- [[titration-and-why-doses-change|Titration, and why doses change over time]]
- [[food-noise-and-how-loopa-tracks-it|Food noise, and how Loopa tracks it]]
- [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
== Where this comes from ==
Everything on this page is drawn from published research, regulatory labeling and government health guidance, cited above. The full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''', does not diagnose a symptom and never sets or changes a dose. Your prescriber does.
'''Most of the common effects are gastrointestinal, and most settle.''' This page says what the labels report, what people find helps, and how to record yours so the pattern is visible to the person who can act on it. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' Anything new, severe or worrying goes to your prescriber, not to an app. == What the labels report == The adverse-reaction sections of the product labels list gastrointestinal effects as the most frequently reported: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation (WEGOVY prescribing information, section 6.1). They are usually most noticeable after a change and tend to ease as the body adjusts. That is the general pattern, not a promise about any individual. == The ones worth a call rather than a log == Severe or persistent abdominal pain. Vomiting that stops you keeping fluids down. Signs of dehydration. Anything the label for your own medicine names as a reason to seek attention. '''Loopa does not triage.''' It shows you a reminder that your care team is the right place for these, and it has no button that calls anyone. == What people find helps == These are general eating and habit measures, not treatments, and none of them is advice about your medication. '''Eating more slowly.''' A systematic review and meta-analysis found that a slower eating rate was associated with lower energy intake (Robinson E et al., ''American Journal of Clinical Nutrition'', 2014 · [https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.081745 doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.081745]). '''Fiber and fluid, together, for constipation.''' The NIH's guidance is that adults should get 22 to 34 grams of fiber a day depending on age and sex, and to "drink plenty of liquids to help the fiber work better" ([https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/constipation/eating-diet-nutrition NIDDK]). '''Smaller meals, and stopping earlier.''' Fullness arrives sooner on these medicines. Eating to the old signal is a common way to feel unwell. == Why recording it is worth the ten seconds == A symptom you remember at an appointment is a story. A symptom you logged is a record with dates on it, and it answers the question a prescriber actually asks: how often, how bad, and when relative to a dose. Loopa's daily check-in records energy, appetite, food noise and any symptoms you choose to track from your protocol type's list. Every entry can carry a note in your own words, and a question you want to ask. == What Loopa does with it == After three check-ins in a bucket, Loopa can summarize what you recorded: how often a symptom appeared, its average severity, and where in your cycle it fell. Below that threshold it says it is still learning and names the threshold. '''It describes and never interprets.''' It will not say a symptom is caused by your medication, will not suggest anything to counteract one, and will not recommend a change. Those sentences are the ones a tracking app has no basis for. == How Loopa helps == * '''Log a symptom:''' '''Health › Protocols › Check in'''. Pick from the list for your protocol type, set a severity, add a note if you want one. * '''Ask something:''' any symptom, check-in or lab entry can carry a question for your prescriber, in your own words. It goes on the first page of your appointment summary. * '''See the pattern:''' '''Health › Protocols › Patterns''', once there is enough to describe. * '''Hand it over:''' '''Summary for your appointment'''. == Related == * [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]] * [[titration-and-why-doses-change|Titration, and why doses change over time]] * [[food-noise-and-how-loopa-tracks-it|Food noise, and how Loopa tracks it]] * [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]] == Where this comes from == Everything on this page is drawn from published research, regulatory labeling and government health guidance, cited above. The full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''', does not diagnose a symptom and never sets or changes a dose. Your prescriber does.
