The company also hasn't tested its weight-management-approved medication on patients who don't fall into one of the categories it is approved for. "We’ve only studied it in a population that had overweight or obesity, and we’ve focused it on people with chronic complications from obesity,...
Zepbound could be available as soon as this year and is expected to be one of the most in-demand medications ever sold, analysts told TODAY. So, what can people hoping to take the medication expect? One patient who took Mounjaro — which is the same drug as Zepbound — off-label for...
but some doctors prescribe the medication "off-label" for weight loss, as is permissible by the FDA. Wegovy, which contains the same main ingredient as Ozempic, is FDA-approved for weight loss.