Understanding pros and cons of medical weight loss drugs: What you need to know
As the new year sparks a wave of weight loss resolutions and millions turn to weight loss medications, rising costs and the ...
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may be up for Medicare price negotiations — will Trump support it?
Medicare’s drug pricing negotiations — the first of their kind in the United States, passed under President Joe Biden — face ...
Dietetics professor explains who should and should not embrace the latest weight-loss drugs
Holiday weight gain hits home for many come January. These days, folks making resolutions to slim down and get fit have an ...
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Novel drug confers weight loss of about 20% at 1 year in phase 2 study
Maridebart cafraglutide, a novel injectable GIP receptor antagonist/GLP-1 receptor agonist, reduced body weight by ...
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FDA approves weight-loss drug Zepbound to treat sleep apnea
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug Zepbound to treat sleep apnea, a common but potentially serious sleep-related breathing disorder, marking it the ...
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Is your weight loss drug leading to muscle and bone loss? Study reveals shocking details
The study stated that weight loss drugs can affect bone and muscle mass, leading to chronic illnesses and risk of fractures. For the longest time, people resorted to diet and exercise for losing ...
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CT Medicaid accused of violating law by not covering weight loss drugs
Officials say the state’s Medicaid program hasn’t been covering certain weight loss drugs, despite a state law passed last year that requires it to do so. In 2023, the legislature expanded ...
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Big Take: Weight-Loss Drug Boom’s Prescription Problem
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. To capitalize on that demand, telehealth companies started offering compounded versions of those drugs.
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Three Ways New Weight Loss Drugs May Improve Depression
Compounded by the equally sudden banning of the weight loss drug, phen-fen (phentermine-fenfluramine ... It wasn't until 2021 when the FDA approved wegovy for the treatment of adults with ...
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FDA approves weight-loss drug Zepbound for obstructive sleep apnea
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first prescription medicine for obstructive sleep apnea: the weight-loss drug Zepbound. The medicine, part of the class known as GLP-1 ...
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Weight loss drugs changed their lives, but then they lost coverage
The letter came in June. Mindy McCormick, 67, read that her insurer would soon stop covering the weight loss drug Wegovy, which she had been taking for more than two years. What? she remembers ...
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An experimental drug drove people to lose 23% of their body weight. It’s still seen as a disappointment
Novo Nordisk’s latest attempt in weight loss, a combination drug called CagriSema ... Wegovy was approved by the FDA in 2021, after showing it helped people lose about 15% of their body weight ...