A range of GLP-1 weight loss drugs are currently on the market. What are they, what do they do, and where are they available?

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is beneficial for a number of reasons. A healthy weight lowers a person's chance ...

As an antagonist, avexitide blocks the GLP-1 receptor. Better known GLP-1 agonists such as Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide and Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide activate the receptor. GLP-1 antagonism could ...

GLP-1 drugs, widely used for treating metabolic disorders, often face issues with long term tolerability, leading to side effects such as sarcopenia and bone density loss. These complications ...

Diet food brands have been hit in recent years, but now GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are hitting the market, will this spell the ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) significantly reduce the risk for clinically meaningful chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in ...

On Jan. 1, North Dakota became the first state in the country where access to drugs like Wegovy is part of the EHB package. About 55,293 of North Dakota's 784,000 residents had coverage through fully ...

Adults with type 2 diabetes using a GLP-1 receptor agonist have a similar risk for developing thyroid cancer as those using a ...

The following is a summary of “Treatment of Hypothalamic Obesity With GLP-1 Analogs,” published in the November 2024 issue of Endocrinology by Dimitri and Roth. Damage to hypothalamic nuclei or ...

A nationwide study confirms GLP-1 RAs pose no short-term psychiatric risk, showing a negative association with suicidal ...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessed the efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs ... often mimic the name and branding of ...

Tiziana’s nasal anti-CD3 therapy has been shown not only to enhance the positive effects of semaglutide, a GLP-1 agonist marketed by Novo Nordisk under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy when ...