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PHOTO: Semaglutide (GLP-1) weight-loss drug Wegovy, made by pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is seen on Oct. 16, 2024. (James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)
(FYI: Wegovy is FDA-approved for long-term weight management, while Ozempic is FDA-approved to treat type 2 diabetes but often prescribed off-label for medical weight loss.)
Menopause is a time of big changes in your body and mind, and a new group of weight loss medications known popularly as Ozempic, for an early form of the drug, are trending. But are these drugs ...
In Graves' disease, treatment with antithyroid medications must be given for six months to two years, in order to be effective. Even then, upon cessation of the drugs, the hyperthyroid state may recur. Side effects of the antithyroid medications include a potentially fatal reduction in the level of white blood cells.
Propylthiouracil (PTU) is a medication used to treat hyperthyroidism. [3] This includes hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease and toxic multinodular goiter. [3] In a thyrotoxic crisis it is generally more effective than methimazole. [3] Otherwise it is typically only used when methimazole, surgery, and radioactive iodine is not possible. [3]
The onset of anti-thyroid effect is rapid but the onset of clinical effects on thyroid hormone levels in the blood is much slower. This is because the large store of pre-formed T 3 and T 4 in the thyroid gland and bound to thyroid binding globulin (99% bound) has to be depleted before any beneficial clinical effect occurs.
Tiratricol is not approved for sale in Canada or the United States. It was once an approved medication in Brazil, but its marketing authorization was suspended in 2003, effectively prohibiting its sale. [3] Tiratricol is available in France for therapy of thyroid hormone resistance and adjuvant therapy of thyroid cancer. [4]
(FYI: Wegovy is FDA-approved for long-term weight management, while Ozempic is FDA-approved to treat type 2 diabetes but often prescribed off-label for medical weight loss.)
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