In addition to treating diabetes and weight loss, GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have shown signs of improving outcomes for stroke risk, heart health, and liver disease
The HbA1c reduction of 2.02 percentage points at 12mg brought 67% of participants to normoglycemic levels (HbA1c below 5.7%)
Dietitians also find in some cases that the loss of appetite can lead to entirely new eating disorders
By far, it has shown the highest average weight loss results in a clinical trial with 22.5% average weight loss at 72 weeks (SURMOUNT-1, NEJM 2022)
First approved for adults about five years ago, and more recently in adolescents and children older than 5, Dupixent is in a family of medicines known as biologics, which are drugs derived from living cells or tissues that are designed to target specific parts of the immune system
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