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A user named Rebekah Carl poses with her prescription of Wegovy in New Columbia, Pennsylvania, US, on November 13, 2023. Novo Nordisk's flagship weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved for use in China, the Danish phar...
“Wegovy is by far the most effective weight-loss medication that we have and that we’ve ever had. It’s far more effective than anything that’s preceded it,” McGowan says. But other doctors caution the drug is not necessarily effective for everyone.“...
A new study published in the The New England Journal of Medicine by the maker of the popular weight loss drug Wegovy finds the medication could lower the risk of serious and even deadly heart problems by 20%. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings"...
A new study from drugmaker Novo Nordisk found that its weight-loss drug Wegovy can reduce the risk of heart problems in people without diabetes, which could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients.
develop nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. And as the body metabolizes fat during rapid weight loss, it causes the liver to secrete extra cholesterol into bile, which can cause gallstones. But that’s more a by-product of the success of the drug in helping people lose weig...
NOVO NORDISK CEO SAYS FOOD EXECS ARE ‘SCARED’ OF WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG THREAT "This patient population has a higher risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke," he also said. "Providing a treatment option that is proven to lower this cardiovascular risk is a major adv...
Patients with obesity can now also takeZepbound, a rival weight-loss drug made by Eli Lilly. It was approved by the FDA in 2023 and contains a different active ingredient. When asked if Wegovy was designed to be taken for years or decades and whether it’s safe to be taken for the lo...
Drug class:GLP-1 Agonists (Incretin Mimetics) Medically reviewed byMelisa Puckey, BPharm. Last updated on Dec 16, 2024. What is Wegovy? Wegovy is used to helpweight lossand maintain weight loss long-term in patients with obesity or who are overweight and have weight-related medical problems....
MIAMI- The weight loss drug Wegovy was shown to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, or heart disease-related death by 20 percent in a major clinical trial in people with cardiovascular disease, the first to show a weight loss drug alone can have such protective effects. ...