Weight loss drugs may help reduce drug and alcohol abuse
Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?
Both Wegovy and Mounjaro are given as weekly injections via pre-filled pens that can be self-administered into the upper arm, thigh or stomach. They work as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.
The British government announced a multimillion dollar pharmaceutical partnership with Eli Lilly, including a trial that will study the impact of a weight-loss drug on work and productivity.
Weight loss drugs could help with alcohol, opioid addiction, study says
Diabetes and weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic may also help patients suffering from addiction, according to a new study. In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Addiction,
Weight-loss drugs may reduce opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, study finds
Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, can reduce rates of opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, according to a new study that supports expectations the drugs can offer greater benefits than just weight and diabetes management.
Study reveals the affects weight loss drugs has on teens
Obese teens who have been prescribed popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro may be less likely to have suicidal thoughts and self-
What the End of a Tirzepatide Shortage Would Mean for Access to Compounded Weight Loss Drugs
In response to a lawsuit, the FDA has said that it will reevaluate its previous decision to remove tirzepatide from its shortage list. Here's what taking the drug of the list could mean for people taking tirzepatide or its compounded versions.
Are Compounded Weight Loss Drugs on Their Way Out?
The FDA is weighing a decision that could stop compounding pharmacies from legally making cheaper versions of Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Weight-Loss Drugs Cut Drug and Alcohol Abuse, According to New Study
Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, a study found, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond diabetes and weight loss.
Weight loss drugs may help reduce drug and alcohol misuse: Research
Weight loss medications such as Ozempic may be able to cut drug and alcohol misuse in half, according to a new study from the scientific journal Addiction. The research, published Thursday, found that people who take Ozempic or similar drugs — those used for weight loss or treating Type 2 diabetes — were 40
Study finds possible new treatment for alcoholics that cuts heavy alcohol use by 50%
A new study has found that drugs like Ozempic, which were originally designed for people with type 2 diabetes before gaining popularity for weight loss, could treat alcohol addiction too. Around 2.6 million deaths per year are attributable to alcohol consumption,
I weighed 20 stone, took a wonder weight loss jab and almost died
It was Boxing Day 2003, when after seven months on Orlistat, the wonder weight-loss drug of the early noughties, Moira was ...
Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than Ozempic—how does it work? And why does it cost so much?
,A weight-loss drug more effective than Ozempic and Wegovy has recently been approved in Australia. The drug, tirzepatide, is ...
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FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now
Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the FDA revisits its decision to remove it.
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Mounjaro v Ozempic: Inside the race to reveal the best weight-loss jab
A trial, targeted at people living with obesity from Britain to Puerto Rico, is the first head-to-head comparison of the ...
Mounjaro will soon be available as a weight loss treatment on the NHS. Here's what that means for patients
The weight loss jab Mounjaro will soon be made available to nearly a quarter of a million NHS patients, according to ...
Unemployed Brits will receive free Ozempic-style weight-loss shots to help them get jobs
His comments come after Health Secretary Wes Streeting wrote in an opinion piece for the Telegraph that “our widening ...
‘Judgemental’ Labour forcing public to 'live a certain lifestyle’ with weight loss jabs
Earlier this week, health secretary Wes Streeting proposed to give over-weight unemployed people weight-loss injections to ...
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Compounding pharmacies can keep making Mounjaro and Zepbound copies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rethinking its decision to remove popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs from ...