Mounjaro is approved to lower blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, alongside diet and exercise. It is not approved as a weight loss drug, but might be prescribed off-label by your doctor for this use. Off-label use means it's prescribed by your doctor for a generally ac...
She gets the drug from Mindful Weight Loss, a mostly telehealth-based operation led by physician Vivek Gupta of Manhattan Beach, California. Gupta said he's prescribed the weight loss drugs to 1,500 patients, with about 60% using compounded versions from a 503A pharmacy. He hasn't...
These types of drugs— semaglutide, which is sold under the brand names Ozempic andWegovy, along with tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro, and liraglutide, known asSaxenda— all function in a similar way. And they're highly effective: One doctor told CBS News these drugs can help people lose ab...
A morerecent studyshowed that those who stopped treatment with Mounjaro (another GLP-1 drug) similarly regained around 60% of their lost weight. The take home from these studies, and others like them, is that weight loss can be maintained, provided you don't stop the medication. We have ...
A morerecent studyshowed that those who stopped treatment with Mounjaro (another GLP-1 drug) similarly regained around 60% of their lost weight. The take home from these studies, and others like them, is that weight loss can be maintained, provided you don't stop the medication. ...
Gupta said he's prescribed the weight loss drugs to 1,500 patients, with about 60% using compounded versions from a 503A pharmacy. He hasn't seen any essential difference in patients using the branded and compounded forms, although "some people say the compounding is a little less effective...