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The short version: dose-related, escalation-concentrated, mostly attenuating except for constipation, and manageable by titration pace more than anything else.
Gastric emptying of a solid meal can be delayed substantially at initiation. The effect is largest early and attenuates over weeks for the long-acting agents, which is the mechanistic basis for the titration schedule.
Fat is the macronutrient that slows emptying most on its own, so a high-fat meal on top of pharmacologically delayed emptying is the combination that produces the worst episodes.
Gastric emptying studies in this class quantify the delay directly and document its attenuation with continued exposure to the long-acting agents.
The caveat is that severe persistent symptoms, particularly with dehydration or severe pain, are clinical and not a matter of waiting them out.
Slow the titration first. It is the intervention with the best evidence and the lowest cost.
8Worth adding that the area postrema explanation also predicts why it settles. – s_kalniete 2 months ago add a comment