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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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Drinking too much? Read on to know how weight loss drug can lower risk of alcohol abuse
A new study has revealed that people who consume Ozempic or similar medications to treat diabetic/weight-related conditions ...
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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 — ...
Health on MSN3d
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 ...
Daily Mail3d
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 weight-loss ... You can now get a prescription for one similar drug, Wegovy, on the NHS for weight loss if you meet very ...
Everyday Health4d
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 ...
Healthy Returns: Covering weight loss drugs could cost Medicare $35 billion through 2034
Medicare coverage of the drugs would up federal spending by $35 billion from 2026 to 2034. Meanwhile, CNBC tests Abbott’s ...
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More kids having seizures after ingesting medications, illicit drugs
The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications ... teen suicide risk In a new study, obese kids who used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs had a 33% decline ...