{"id":5653,"date":"2026-06-26T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:18","slug":"doctors-warn-rapid-weight-loss-from-popular-medications-can-cause-back-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5653","title":{"rendered":"Doctors warn rapid weight loss from popular medications can cause back pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX<\/strong> – <\/span>An unexpected trend from a popular medication is emerging.<\/p>

More than 30 million Americans are using some form of weight loss drug, often with significant results. But some doctors say the rapid weight loss can have a side effect.<\/p>

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What they’re saying:<\/p>

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“GLP-1s,\u00a0the semaglutide, you know, Wegovy, Ozempic. These are medications that have become very popular,” said Dr. Edward Dohring, surgeon and founder of the Spine Institute of Arizona<\/strong>.<\/p>

They are medications that help individuals rapidly lose weight just by taking them.<\/p>

But Dohring says he and other surgeons are noticing an unexpected side effect from the weight loss with patients new to the medication.<\/p>

“These patients are experiencing, maybe for the first time in their life, back pain,” Dohring said. “And they’re worried about it. They feel like, ‘If I’m losing weight, I should have less back pain.'”<\/p>

Dohring says it is not the drugs themselves causing the back pain, but it is the fact that they are losing muscle along with fat, and too quickly for the body to keep up.<\/p>

“About 70% of the weight loss is fatty cells and about 30% is muscle cells. So those muscles that are very important to supporting your low back especially,” Dohring said.<\/p>

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