Diabetes drugs now being used for weight loss | Medical College of Georgia

Описание: Non-insulin drugs to control diabetes, like Ozempic and Victoza, have been FDA approved for weight loss, now being branded as Wegovy and Saxenda.

The drugs have soared in popularity, thanks in part to social media and news media attention. But are they effective, or just the next weight loss fad?

Thaddeus Carson, MD, and Kate O’Connor, PharmD, explain how these GLP-1 agonists work and the decade of safety data associated with them.

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