Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs

Massive study looks at benefits, risks of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs
As demand for weight-loss injections sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to soar, a study has uncovered neurological and behavioral health benefits amid risks for pancreatitis and kidney disease.
The FDA is about to make weight-loss drugs a lot harder to get
Lots of people are on cheaper compounded weight-loss drugs that mimic brands like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound. They're about to lose access.
Ozempic-style drugs tied to more than 60 health benefits and risks in biggest study-of-its-kind
A large new study has shed light on the wider health impacts of taking Ozempic-style drugs. Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may decrease your risk of developing 42 health conditions, but increase your chance of experiencing 19 others, according to one of the most comprehensive studies-of-its-kind to date.
Popular weight loss drugs could be cheaper for some Americans: What you need to know
If successful, the result could be lower Medicare Part D prices for drugs used to create a variety of conditions, such as cancer, asthma, type 2 diabetes and weight loss - Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy. Austedo and Austedo XR, used to treat Huntington’s disease.
Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways
Losing excess weight would in turn improve health. For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
In all, researchers found that people taking GLP-1 medications had lower risks for 42 health outcomes, including liver failure, lung failure, cardiac arrest, aspiration pneumonia and shock.
Weight-loss drugs reduce risk of Alzheimer’s, large study shows
Analysis of drugs such as Ozempic finds a lower health risk for 42 conditions but a higher rate of disorders such as arthritis
Novo, Lilly Weight-Loss Drugs Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, Study Shows. What It Means for the Stocks.
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs reduced the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, an independent study published Monday showed. Pharma giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly look to be the main benefactors of GLP-1 medications turning into a “catch-all pill,
New study on weight loss drugs
ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula explains the findings of a new study on GLP-1 drugs commonly used for weight loss.
Weight loss drugs reduce risk for medical conditions and diseases, study shows
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Study Shows Diabetes Drugs' Potential Beyond Weight Loss
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