Peptide therapeutics

Most People Who Stop Taking Wegovy/Ozempic Keep the Weight Off, Study Finds

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Most People Who Stop Taking Wegovy/Ozempic Keep the Weight Off, Study Finds

A popular class of weight loss drugs may offer more lasting success than assumed, new data from Epic Research suggests. The study of medical records found that a slight majority of people who took GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide either maintained or improved their weight loss in the year after they stopped using the medication. More … Read more

People Are Overdosing on Wegovy, Poison Control Data Shows

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People Are Overdosing on Wegovy, Poison Control Data Shows

Americans are increasingly calling poison control centers over semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. Most of these calls appear to concern potential overdoses of semaglutide and might be tied to a rise in compounded versions of the drug, which aren’t tested for their safety and can come in doses … Read more