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The Monkey Drug Trials of 1969 were a series of controversial animal testing experiments that were conducted on primates to study the effects of various psychoactive substances. The trials shed light on the profound effects of drug addiction and withdrawal in primates, pioneering critical insights into human substance abuse.
The U.S. saw a 700% increase in the use of these drugs specifically for weight loss, from 2019 to 2023, according to one Annals of Internal Medicine study. They are also used to treat type 2 ...
Drug-drug interactions can occur when certain drugs are administered at the same time. Effects of this can be additive (outcome is greater than those of one individual drug), less than additive (therapeutic effects are less than those of one individual drug), or functional alterations (one drug changes how another is absorbed, distributed, and ...
Weight loss drugs have been developed since the early twentieth century, and many have been banned or withdrawn from the market due to adverse effects, including deaths; other drugs proved ineffective. Although many earlier drugs were stimulants such as amphetamines, in the early 2020s, GLP-1 receptor agonists became popular for weight loss.
Weight loss drug tirzepatide is linked with a drop in blood pressure in a new study. Researchers found a substantial reduction within 36 weeks on the medication. Doctors say this could be linked ...
This isn’t the first study to link GLP-1s to reduced alcohol intake, according to Dr. Sue Decotiis, MD, a weight-loss doctor in New York City. "There have been many studies that show GLP-1 ...
Stanford University academic Maurice L. Tainter learned of DNP's effect in raising the metabolic rate and causing weight loss and pioneered its use as a weight loss drug. [ 1 ] [ 38 ] Although he was aware of DNP's narrow therapeutic index , Tainter tried the drugs on obese patients and published successful results in 1933; average weight loss ...
The FDA said Novo Nordisk's semaglutide, which is sold as Ozempic to treat diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss, remains on the agency's drug shortage list even though all versions of the drug are ...