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Beyond The Needle
$44.69
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- Format: Physical paperback book
- Length: 462 pages, including front and back matter
- Fulfilment: Printed and fulfilled on demand by Lulu
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The flagship Body Compass book for understanding life before, during and beyond GLP-1 treatment.
A prescription is the beginning of a much larger conversation.
Beyond The Needle: Navigating GLP-1 Medications in a Changing Landscape brings together clinical evidence, lived experience and the everyday realities that medication instructions rarely capture.
A wider view of GLP-1 treatment
Written by registered nurse and GLP-1 user P.C. Ennis, this book draws on more than three decades of clinical experience alongside life on the other side of the consultation.
It explores how GLP-1 medications work, what clinical trials can and cannot tell us, and why appetite, weight and treatment response are more complicated than willpower.
What this book explores
- How GLP-1 medications affect appetite, food noise and metabolic health
- Side effects, nourishment, hydration and protecting muscle
- Body image, identity, relationships and stigma
- Cost, access and the uncertainty of continued treatment
- Plateaus, maintenance and changing treatment response
- What may happen when appetite returns or treatment stops
- How to read clinical claims and ask better questions
Questions that continue beyond the prescription
As treatment progresses, the questions can become harder:
- What happens when your body changes faster than your sense of yourself?
- How do you prepare for maintenance?
- What deserves attention when treatment begins to feel different?
- What if continued access is no longer possible?
- How can you participate more confidently in conversations about your care?
What you will find inside
Across ten parts, Beyond The Needle connects the history of weight-loss advice with the evidence, uncertainties and emerging treatments shaping the GLP-1 landscape.
The book includes:
- Clear explanations of key treatment concepts
- Reflection prompts for making sense of your own experience
- Practical tools for preparing healthcare conversations
- Guidance for assessing research and treatment claims
- Space for uncertainty without blame, hype or promised outcomes
Who it is for
This flagship Body Compass book is for people who are:
- considering GLP-1 treatment;
- already using a GLP-1 medication;
- facing a plateau, treatment change or questions about maintenance;
- supporting someone through the experience; or
- seeking a more informed, compassionate account of life around the prescription.
About this information
Beyond The Needle provides general educational information. It does not provide diagnosis, prescribing guidance, medication adjustment or individualised medical advice.
Its purpose is to help readers understand the evidence, notice their questions and prepare for more useful conversations, while individual treatment decisions remain with appropriately qualified healthcare professionals.
A Body Compass book — walking with you all the way.