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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.
Ozempic: Weight Loss Drug May Help With Addiction Too
These medications have been associated with a 40 percent reduction in opioid overdose and 50 percent lower rate of alcohol intoxication.
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 drug Ozempic and type 2 diabetes jabs could be used to tackle binge drinking
Weight loss drug Ozempic and type 2 diabetes jabs could be used to tackle binge drinking - Doctors and NHS England’s chief warned this week demand for weight-loss jabs could overwhelm the health servi
Popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could treat opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication
A new study found a link between new popular GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists and a reduced rate of overdose or intoxication in people with opioid and alcohol use disorders.
Can Weight Loss Drugs Also Treat Addiction?
GLP-1 receptor agonists and similar drugs may protect people with opioid or alcohol use disorder from opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication, a large real-world study suggested.
Companies are more willing to consider covering weight-loss drugs
That’s according to a new Employer Health Benefits Survey from KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation). But while a growing number say they’re open to covering GLP-1 drugs, they’re still in the minority. Some 62% of the firms surveyed said they are “not likely” to begin coverage in the coming year.
Can Ozempic help drug addicts, too? A mega new study suggests it might.
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could be used to treat drug and alcohol addiction in the future — according to the first large-scale study — but more research is needed.
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.
Ozempic could be dished out to help curb boozing and prescription drug addiction
Semaglutide and tirzepatides, the active ingredients in drugs including Mounjaro and Ozempic, have been hailed as a breakthrough in the war on obesity.
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JENNI MURRAY: New weight-loss drug has transformed my life in a very surprising way
I have a surprising reason why: five weeks ago I started taking a
new
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Washingtonians share how they afford pricey weight loss medications
Popular weight loss drugs are so pricey that many may shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars on them. Some ...
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Health plans at 1 in 5 large companies cover weight-loss drugs for employees
When it comes to coverage for the pricey GLP-1
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Wegovy and Zepbound, only a fifth of large U.S.
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