Weight-loss drugs could reduce risk of overdoses, new study says
A new study suggests that medications like Ozempic could help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders.
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Reher: Counterfeit weight-loss drug crisis looms
Bad actors are using online ads, social media and bootleg ingredients to sell fake, inaccurate and harmful versions of these drugs, nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?
What this means is that by changing only one hormone, “suddenly you change your entire relationship with food”, says Prof Giles Yeo, an obesity scientist at the University of Cambridge. And that has all sorts of implications for the way we think about obesity.
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,
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New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs
New, popular injectable weight loss drugs — GLP-1 drugs — are highly effective at reducing obesity and, probably, the health risks posed by obesity. Yet the drugs are so expensive that insurers are often choosing between two bad options: restricting access or raising consumer costs.
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
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).
Wegovy, other weight-loss drugs might help with alcoholism, opioid addiction
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds.
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 lower overdoses, alcoholism: Study
Researchers analyzed 1.3 million health records and found Ozempic, Mounjaro could lower rates of drug and alcohol overdoses.
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Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study
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Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives a year, researchers say
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Love Is Blind’s Hannah Says Weight Loss Is ‘All Me’ After Quitting Ozempic: ‘It Made Me So Sick’
Love Is Blind star Hannah Jiles is clapping back at the accusation that controversial medication Ozempic is responsible for ...