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Move over, Ozempic.

Researchers say a similar medication helped more than 200 overweight adults shed an average of 15.6% of their body weight after 48 weeks — with less muscle lost.

The promising results of a phase 2 trial of pemvidutide — which included “significant” decreases in heart disease risk factors such as cholesterol — were shared this week at the American Diabetes Association’s annual science conference in Orlando.



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“These findings demonstrated that the use of pemvidutide may have important effects on the quality of weight loss and cardiometabolic-associated comorbidities of obesity,”...

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Pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop new weight loss drugs following the success of Ozempic and Wegovy — and this latest round of medications could come with more health benefits and fewer side effects.The development of new GLP-1 drugs has accelerated, NBC News reported, with experts suggesting that they could go beyond diabetes and weight loss management, improving liver and heart function while reducing side effects such as muscle loss that are common to the existing medications. Researchers are expected to present data on 27 new GLP-1 drugs at the upcoming 2024 American Diabetes Association (ADA) conference in Orlando, Florida.GLP-1...

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The first large, head-to-head comparison between next-generation weight loss drugs finds a clear advantage to one.

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(Reuters) -Only one in four U.S. patients prescribed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss were still taking the popular medications two years later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims provided to Reuters that also showed a steady decline in use over time. The analysis does...

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Medical practitioners are finding that new weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are causing other chronic diseases like arthritis to go away on their own, at least for some patients. As the New York Times reports, one patient who was prescribed Wegovy — its active ingredient, semaglutide, is an...

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She’s giving obesity medications another shot.

Diane Schram, 64, lost 25 pounds with Ozempic and tirzepatide, a similar medication. After plateauing on those two drugs, Schram is trying a new experimental drug that’s being hailed as better than Ozempic. 

Eli Lilly’s retatrutide, which is in clinical trials, may help users shed up to 24% of their body weight after 48 weeks. Schram is taking it at Renew Body Contouring and MedSpa in Houston as part of a clinical research study, the Fox affiliate in Houston reports.

“The new retatrutide has an ability to help you retain muscle and now you’re having less...

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Pfizer plans to move a reworked, once-a-day version of its weight-loss pill danuglipron into clinical trials later this year, the company said on Thursday, after scrapping a twice-daily version of the drug late last year.

The new drug is part of the second generation of weight-loss pills under development by companies including Eli Lillyand Novo Nordisk that will offer patients a more convenient alternative to injections.

Some analysts expect the weight-loss drug market, currently dominated by Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, to be worth more than $150 billion in annual sales by the early 2030s.



The drugmaker did not lay out an exact timeline...

Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill to compete with Wegovy

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Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, is associated with a rare blinding disease, according to new research. The condition, known as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causes sudden blindness due to a lack of blood flow to the optic nerve. Despite the findings, the study does not...

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Can Ozempic help cure arthritis? Some doctors say so. 

Many overweight patients struggle with chronic conditions like high blood pressure, fatty liver, rheumatoid arthritis, and sleep apnea. 

Now, some doctors are suggesting an “obesity first” approach to treating these issues. 

The idea is to treat obesity with medications approved for that use and, as weight drops, other chronic diseases will also improve or go away altogether. 

By prescribing a drug such as Wegovy from Novo Nordisk or Zepbound from Eli Lilly, in addition to diet and exercise, doctors are confident they can treat obesity and improve related conditions with a...

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Study Finds Mounjaro and Zepbound More Effective Weight Loss Treatments Than Ozempic, Wegovy

Diabetes and weight loss medications made with the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound (tirzepatide) may lead to “significantly greater weight loss” than the ingredient used...

Study Finds Mounjaro and Zepbound More Effective Weight Loss Treatments Than Ozempic, Wegovy

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