Christina Szalinski December 18, 2024 1237 Added to Email Alert For people with obesity or type 2 diabetes, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists (including Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic) have been labeled miracle drugs. But they aren’t miraculous for everyone. Research indicates a significant portion of people discontinue using them within a year. The main problems with GLP-1...
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Weight loss drug’s heart benefits extend to people with heart failure
News Release 22-Aug-2024 The anti-obesity medication semaglutide may help to prevent heart attacks and other major adverse cardiac events among overweight people who have cardiovascular disease, whether or not they also have heart failure, according to a new UCL-led study Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity College London The anti-obesity medication semaglutide may help to prevent heart attacks and...
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Lilly says its weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound shouldn’t be used for ‘cosmetic’ reasons
Lilly says its weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound shouldn’t be used for ‘cosmetic’ reasonsBeth Snyder BulikSenior EditorEli Lilly says it wants people to stop using its drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro for “cosmetic weight loss,” publishing a letter Thursday saying that it “stands against the use of its medicines” for that purpose. The two drugs...
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Diabetes and weight-loss drugs—Ozempic and Wegovy—not associated with increased suicidal thoughts, finds study
by Case Western Reserve University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine reveals that a chemical used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-management drug Wegovy is not associated with an increased risk for suicidal thoughts. The findings about the chemical—known as semaglutide—are particularly significant because...
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Explainer-What Other Health Conditions Might Weight-loss Drugs Treat?
(Reuters) – Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss therapy Wegovy are being studied to see whether they can improve health in other ways. Both treatments contain the active ingredient semaglutide, part of a class known as GLP-1 drugs that work by helping control blood sugar levels and triggering a feeling of fullness. New...
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Why weight loss drugs stop working and how to break past the Ozempic plateau
After using Ozempic for a while, many people may reach a plateau with their weight loss progress. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesDrugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy eventually reach a weight loss plateau, beyond which further weight loss slows or stops.Like any other healthy weight loss method, the body eventually settles at an appropriate weight,...
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Poison centers see nearly 1,500% increase in calls related to injected weight-loss drugs as people accidentally overdose
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Poison control centers across the US say they are seeing a steep increase in calls related to semaglutide, an injected medication used for diabetes and weight loss, with some people reporting symptoms related to accidental overdoses. Some have even needed to be hospitalized for severe nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, but...