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Weight Loss Drug Tested in Mice May Be More Effective Than Existing Medicines
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Weight Loss Drug Tested in Mice May Be More Effective Than Existing Medicines

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...

Weight loss drug helps significantly lower blood pressure in adults who are overweight or obese, study finds
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Weight loss drug helps significantly lower blood pressure in adults who are overweight or obese, study finds

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...

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Retaining Lean Body Mass While Taking Weight Loss Drugs

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...

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The weight loss drug boom isn’t over yet — here’s what to expect in the year ahead

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...

Semaglutide: Beware of buying the weight-loss drug online
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Semaglutide: Beware of buying the weight-loss drug online

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...

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Novo Nordisk Exec: Oral Weight-Loss Drug Will Have Similar Efficacy as Wegovy

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...

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