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Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and boost weight loss, may also help reduce knee osteoarthritis-related pain in people with obesity, a trial finds.
One in eight adults in the U.S. has taken Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug, surveys show — and now a major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks ...
Given that people on other prescription weight-loss medications lose, on average, 3% to 12% of their body weight after a year, it’s not surprising that semaglutide’s results are leading some ...
If you start taking a semaglutide medication like Ozempic, doctors stress that the medications are meant to be one tool you can use, alongside other healthy lifestyle changes. Chief among them ...
“Weight stigma still permeates many medical practices,” which can make it difficult to find a general doctor who will prescribe Ozempic to you, says Alexandra Sowa, MD, an internal medicine ...
But some doctors who prescribe Ozempic—a semaglutide medication that's technically approved for blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes but is prescribed off-label for weight loss ...
New research links Ozempic to lower levels of pain in people with knee osteoarthritis. It's not clear if this is due to weight loss alone or something else. Doctors say the medication may be a ...
Materials published by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicate that almost 20% of all people on Ozempic, in particular, experience stomach pain and discomfort at some point. It's why ...