Shortages of drugs like Adderall are growing in the United States, and experts see no clear path to resolving them. For patients, that can mean treatment delays, medication switches and other hassles filling a prescription. In recent months, unexpected demand spikes, manufacturing problems...
Aside from a handful of potential digestive discomforts, such as nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting, Ozempic and other semaglutide medications so far seem relatively harmless. Yet weight loss medication based on the appetite-suppressing effects of GLP-1 aren't new. Receptor agonists and mo...
Long before these weight loss medications, dietitians recommended foods that ranked high on the satiety index to help our clients lose weight and keep it off. The science behind these foods reveals that what you eat can impact your hunger and satiety hormones, including GLP-1 level...
You’ve heard of “Ozempic face” and “Ozempic butt,” but have you heard of “Ozempic personality”? One of the main reasons Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist medications are so effective is because they target your brain, not just your stomach. While this bodes well for weight loss, som...
Weight-loss medications surged in popularity this year. A survey from Kaiser Family Foundation found one in eight adults have taken drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. Demand for the drugs has also skyrocketed among younger people. As childhood and adolescent obesity cases skyrocket, the Ameri...
Some GLP-1 receptor agonists, though Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for diabetes, are also used off-label for weight loss alone. Rapid weight and fat loss with these medications can lead to what has been called "Ozempic Face" on social media and in the lay press, where ...
"We do not yet fully understand how GLP-1s work," she said. "But this study adds to the growing evidence showing that weight loss alone cannot completely account for the metabolic, anti-cancer, and many other benefits that these medications provide."Co-lead Professor Dror Dicker, from ...
But other celebs—like Khloe Kardashian and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards—have vehemently denied assumptions that they are on Ozempic. Though Khloe, for one, isn't here to judge. “Even if people get surgery or [get on] the Ozempic craze, I’m like, ‘Who ...
The Biden administration says popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers.
Christian Hendershot, director of clinical research at the USC Institute for Addiction Science and the lead author of the study. “What I didn’t expect was the magnitude of the effects looks fairly good … compared to other alcohol-use disorder medications.” Alcohol-use disorder, or AUD, ...