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).
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,
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.
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.
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.
Ozempic and other weight loss drugs could help treat alcohol and drug addiction, study says
The case that Ozempic (NVO) and other GLP-1 medications could help people with substance use disorders is getting stronger.
Researchers Think Popular Weight Loss Drugs Could Help Lower Opioid Overdose, Alcohol Intoxication Rates
Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro may lower opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication rates among opioid addicts and alcoholics, respectively, according to a new study by three Loyola University Chicago researchers.
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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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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 ...
Jobless could get weight loss jabs to return to work
Unemployed people living with obesity could be given new weight loss jabs to help them get back into work, the health ...
FDA To Reassess Ban On Cheaper, Compounded Versions of Eli Lilly Weight Loss Drugs
The FDA resolved the shortage of Eli Lilly's tirzepatide, but may revisit allowing compounding pharmacies to make copies, ...