Danish Study: 49% Stop Wegovy Within a Year, One in Four Restart
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Danish Study: 49% Stop Wegovy Within a Year, One in Four Restart

A nationwide Danish cohort finds high first-year semaglutide discontinuation, driven partly by cost and side effects, wi...

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GLP-1 Drugs Are Moving Far Beyond Weight Loss — and Rewriting Chronic Disease Treatment
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GLP-1 Drugs Are Moving Far Beyond Weight Loss — and Rewriting Chronic Disease Treatment

New trial data link semaglutide and tirzepatide to improvements in sleep apnea, kidney, liver and heart outcomes, recast...

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Why Splitting a GLP-1 Pill to Microdose Is Unsafe
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Why Splitting a GLP-1 Pill to Microdose Is Unsafe

Cutting oral GLP-1 tablets destroys the SNAC delivery system that protects the drug in the stomach, leading to inconsist...

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A Patient's Guide to GLP-1 Side Effects: From GI Upset to Rare Eye Risks
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A Patient's Guide to GLP-1 Side Effects: From GI Upset to Rare Eye Risks

GLP-1 drugs are widely prescribed, but patients should understand the range of reported side effects — from common nause...

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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Pill Heads to Germany as Shares Slip on Pipeline Setback
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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Pill Heads to Germany as Shares Slip on Pipeline Setback

Oral Wegovy is coming to Germany, but a CagriSema trial setback and modest pill sales tempered Novo Nordisk's guidance r...

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Trial Finds Ozempic, Wegovy Drug Semaglutide Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Use Disorder
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Trial Finds Ozempic, Wegovy Drug Semaglutide Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Use Disorder

A 50-patient University of Colorado trial found oral semaglutide reduced heavy drinking and cravings, a step toward the ...

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Anvisa Approves Five New Semaglutide Pens, Heating Up Brazil's R$5.6 Billion Weight-Loss Drug War
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Anvisa Approves Five New Semaglutide Pens, Heating Up Brazil's R$5.6 Billion Weight-Loss Drug War

Brazil's health regulator cleared five additional semaglutide pens from Sandoz, Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy, and Brainfarma, sha...

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