Dr. Sowa | The GLP-1 expert
Obesity and metabolic medicine physician with 10+ years of real-world experience. I write about weight loss, health, and what happens when medicine enters culture - beyond headlines, hype, and fear.
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This GLP-1 Side Effect Feels Like a Sunburn…Without the Sun
Dear readers,
Welcome back to the GLP-1 Tip Jar — where we answer the questions patients are actually asking, including the ones that make people stop mid-sentence and say, “Wait… is this normal?”
Today’s question:
“I started Zepbound...
PCOS Finally Gets the Name It Deserves
This week, an international consensus statement published in The Lancet officially renamed PCOS — Polycystic Ovary Syndrome — as PMOS: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.
And judging by my inbox and DMs, women feel liberated.
Not...
What to Get the Woman in your Life on a GLP-1
As a GLP-1 physician—and a mother—I think about this a little differently.
Most gift guides are built around indulgence. Candles, flowers, things that look nice on a counter. But when someone you love is on a GLP-1, what she actually needs...
The “Ozempic Personality” Conversation We’re Not Having (But Should Be)
This week, I joined CNN to talk about something I’ve been hearing more and more—from patients, in headlines, and across social media:
“Ozempic personality.”
It’s a catchy phrase. But like most things in medicine, the reality is more...
IN BETWEEN PATIENTS | April 2026
I’m trying something new here — because GLP-1s shouldn’t exist in a bubble, and neither should I! You know how the waiting room is the one place where strangers actually talk to each other? Flip through the same magazines, swap recommendati...
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