{"id":748,"date":"2026-05-11T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:33:43","slug":"weight-loss-medications-and-fasting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hobartoralsurgery.com.au\/?page_id=748","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss Medications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Fasting Instructions for patients taking Weight Loss Medications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Stomach emptying is slowed by medications such as:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Liraglutide (Victoza or Saxenda)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Semaglutide (Ozempic or Wegovy)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Dulaglutide (Trulicity)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Tirzepatide (Mounjaro)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">If you are taking any of these medications, you need to start preparing for your surgery 24 hours before your hospital admission time. If your stomach is not empty, some of the food or drink present could come back up into your mouth during your procedure. <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">To help ensure your safety, for 24 hours before your surgery, you should only drink \u201cclear fluids\u201d. Clear fluids have no particles in them at all and can usually be seen through.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">24 hour Clear Fluid Fast is required &#8211; stop all fluids 2 hours before arriving at the Hospital.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">OK to Drink<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Water<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Black tea or black coffee<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Clear broths or clear miso soup (without any solids such as seaweed or tofu)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Clear cordial (eg. lemon)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Apple juice<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Clear soft drinks (eg. lemonade)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Jelly<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Icy poles<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Electrolyte \u201csports\u201d drinks<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Do NOT Drink<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Any drinks containing milk<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Yoghurt drinks<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ice cream<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Cloudy fruit juices (eg. prune juice)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Fruit juices containing pulp (eg. orange juice)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Alcohol<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Soluble fibre (eg. 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