Social media is flooded with all kinds of people who are sharing stories about weight loss using a drug designated to regulate insulin – this is called Ozempic. It’s been reported that doctors weigh in with context about this influential drug.
Weight loss drugs
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes alongside diet and exercise if other medications cannot control blood sugar levels well enough,” according to reports.
It’s also been revealed that studies show patients with Type 2 diabetes — a chronic condition in which the body doesn’t respond to insulin well — who take Ozempic can even reduce risk of heart disease.
According to the very same reports, it seems that another drug called Wegovy is essentially the same injectable drug prescribed at a higher dosage.
“The FDA has specifically approved Wegovy for patients with severe obesity, or who are overweight and have one or more weight-associated conditions like high blood pressure or high cholesterol,” the notes reveal.
Here are some relevant quotes as well.
“Obesity is a complex disease. It’s all encompassing of genetic, occupational, hormonal, physical, mental, and social factors,” said Dr. Marlena Klein, DO, DABOM, obesity medicine specialist at Cooper University Health Care.
She also explained this:
“Patients have hugged me in the office and said I’ve changed their life because it allowed them to make changes.” She continued and said the following, “It was like this was a missing piece in trying to get this disease under control.”
During the coronavirus pandemic, obesity became a much larger enemy and people who suffered from it were exposed to higher risks of complications due to the disease triggered by the novel coronavirus.
They also saw higher risks for death.
Now, it’s been revealed that Bill Maher is blasting the media for putting the importance of such a subject on hold during the pandemic. Check out the latest reports below.
