Impact of Anti-obesity Drugs on Gastric Motility and Implications for the Management of Dyspepsia

From BSG From Top to Bottom · 00:09:48

Show by British Society of Gastroenterology

In this episode, Dr. Asma Fikree, Consultant Neurogastroenterologist at UCLH and Chair of the BSG Neurogastroenterology & Motility Section and Dr Maria Eugenicos, Senior Lecturer/Neurogastroenterologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh discuss the effects of anti-obesity medications on gastric motility, dyspepsia, and gastroparesis-like symptoms. The discussion covers the management of nausea, vomiting and delayed gastric emptying, considerations before endoscopy and surgery, the phenomenon of tachyphylaxis, and practical approaches to dose titration. Dr. Fikree also examines the emerging evidence for GLP-1 therapies in patients with IBS and chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, highlighting both the benefits and limitations of these increasingly prescribed treatments.

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