Open the full version Two drugs currently approved to reduce alcohol consumption aren't widely used. "The popularity of Ozempic and other [similar drugs] increases the chances of broad adoption of these treatments for alcohol use disorder," said Professor Christian Hendershot, who led ...
This timeline includes the latest progress for the Weight Loss Drugs Mass Tort case, feel free to check back for more updates. May 19, 2025 MDL Grows as Case Count Tops 1,800 The MDL handling claims involving Ozempic and similar drugs now includes more than 1,800 individual lawsuits. The ...
Dubrow said he believes that as more and more people understand what the medical research now shows -- that obesity is a medical disorder, not a result of lifestyle choices -- the shame around Ozempic and other weight loss drugs, which he describes as the "cure for obesity,"...
We are investigating numerous lawsuits against the makers of Ozempic and similar drugs prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Ozempic is part of a class of drugs known as glucagon peptide-1, or GLP-1, receptor agonists. These drugs mimic the hormone GLP-1, which stimulates...
When Ozempic or similar drugs are used to aid weight loss, it is not possible to control where on the body the fat is lost from. This can result in excess fat being lost from around the face, which can lead to a gaunt and prematurely aged appearance – a common concern of Ozempic Fac...
In tests of Ozempic and similar drugs in mice, some mice developed both cancerous and noncancerous thyroid tumors. It’s unknown whether the drug raises the risk of these types of tumors in people, too. If you have a personal or family history of thyroid cancer, you should discuss it ...
I suggest that researchers in critical fat space could attend to these and other areas of discursive tension in the contemporary context in order to understand how Ozempic and similar drugs will reify and shift anti-fat discourses and to protect the future of fatness.Oswald, Flora...
Related/similar drugs Warnings Possible thyroid tumors, including cancer.Ozempic and medicines that work in a similar way caused thyroid tumors, including thyroid cancer, in trials with rodents. It is not known if Ozempic will cause thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroi...
Whether Ozempic and other similar drugs present a new way of treating AUD will depend on larger trials in patients more heavily afflicted by the disorder, experts said, and potentially whether research can yield a better understanding of how the medicines work to reduce drinking. There are three...
Though trials in use of semaglutide and similar medicines have been slow to start, so many reports of the drugs’ effects on alcohol use have emerged that Leggio, Hendershot and other researchers warned in a commentary in the journal Nature Medicine that the drugs shouldn’t be prescribed for...