Promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. NewsPublished: May 17, 2024 | Original story from the University of Copenhagen Credit: Diana Polekhina / Unsplash. “I consider the drugs available on the marked today as the first generation of weight-loss drugs. Now we have developed a new...
By Mira Cheng, CNN More than 47% of adults in the United States have hypertension, defined as blood pressure over 140/90 mmHg. Erdark/E+/Getty ImagesCNNThe drug tirzepatide — sold under the brand names Zepbound for obesity and Mounjaro for diabetes — significantly lowered the blood pressure of adults with overweight or obesity who took it for...
Eugene Lucas, MD Semaglutide and tirzepatide have dramatically altered obesity treatment. Significant weight loss is now more achievable than ever before, and additional weight loss medications of similar or greater potency will probably become available in the coming years. Greater amounts of weight loss are not without potential for downsides, however, namely the potential for...
PUBLISHED SUN, DEC 17 20238:00 AM EST In this article LLY+0.36 (+0.06%)After HoursNovo Nordisk A/S Wegovy brand semaglutide medication arranged at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Prescriptions of appetite suppressing GLP-1 weight-loss drugs skyrocketed 300% from 2020 to 2022. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images George Frey | Bloomberg...
Ozempic mimics the natural hormone GLP-1 by sending signals to a person’s brain that they are full Representational image. — Unsplash As people seek to lose weight and take medications to help them shed a few pounds, it is necessary to know about the side effects of the drugs that a person is taking. Ozempic...
A clinical trial was the first to demonstrate that a new obesity drug could also improve patients’ heart health. By Benjamin Mueller Aug. 8, 2023 Updated 10:11 a.m. ET A new obesity drug, Wegovy, slashed the risk of serious heart problems by 20 percent in a large trial, the drug’s maker said on Tuesday, a...
by Margaret Steele, The Conversation The drug in Wegovy was inspired by the venom of the endangered Gila monster. Credit: Kunal Mehta/Shutterstock A few years ago, celebrity weight-control practices were out of most people’s reach. Live-in chefs and personal trainers, not to mention elaborate surgical procedures like the Brazilian butt lift, were not real options for...
Ashley Lyles April 18, 2023 After bariatric surgery in 2014, Kristal Hartman still struggled to manage her weight long term. It took her over a year to lose 100 pounds, a loss she initially maintained, but then gradually her body mass index (BMI) started creeping up again. “The body kind of has a set point, and you have to...
May 05, 2023 COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk expects the oral version of its semaglutide drug to treat obesity to have similar efficacy as its Wegovy injection, with data from a late-stage clinical trial due before the end of June, a senior executive said on Thursday. Head of development Martin Holst Lange was discussing the trial called...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly said Thursday it will seek approval to add its diabetes drug to the buzzy US weight loss market after achieving promising results in a new clinical trial. Tirzepatide, currently approved to treat type 2 diabetes under the name Mounjaro, is taken once a week as an injection. Eli Lilly...
