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More and more people are taking weight loss injectables like Wegovy — but not everyone prescribed these drugs should have access to them. 
RX and Medicine

Pharmacists Warn That People With Eating Disorders Are Misusing Wegovy Prescriptions

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a ginormous new study, researchers have begun mapping the manifold health benefits of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy beyond weight loss. 
Health & Medicine

Huge Study Finds Constellation of Health Benefits for Ozempic Beyond Weight Loss

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Ozempic keeps flying off the shelves, more and more people are taking the drug into their own hands by "microdosing" it.
RX and Medicine

More and More People Are Microdosing Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

For some, the issue with GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy isn't getting access to these game-changing medications, but having them not work.
RX and Medicine

Woman Annoyed When She Gets on Wegovy and It Does Nothing

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study has found that Mounjaro may not only be good at treating diabetes, but could actually help prevent the disease.
RX and Medicine

Mounjaro Appears to Be Extremely Effective at Preventing Diabetes

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a groundbreaking new study, Ozempic was found to be so effective at treating arthritis that people no longer needed treatment.
Studies

Semaglutide So Effective at Treating Arthritis That Patients Were “More or Less Were Treated Out of the Study”

By Noor Al-Sibai

City employees in NYC had insurance coverage for GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for less than a year before learning it was mistake.
RX and Medicine

New York City Utterly Screwed Up Insurance for Employees Taking GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

With weight loss injectables like Ozempic and Mounjaro taking the world by storm, the diet industry is seemingly being left in the dust.
RX and Medicine

The Diet Industry Is Reportedly in Total Meltdown Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a huge new study, researchers have found more evidence than ever that drugs like Ozempic can help with alcohol and opioid addiction. 
Health & Medicine

Ozempic Could Be Used to Treat Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Study Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who take Novo Nordisk's semaglutide-based injectables Ozempic and Wegovy seem to be way less likely to die from overdosing on opioids.
RX and Medicine

People Taking Semaglutide Appear to Be WAY Less Likely to Die of an Opioid Overdose

By Noor Al-Sibai

As GLP-1 weight loss drugs fly off shelves, Kourtney Kardashian Barker is getting in on the hustle — well, sort of. 
Treatments

Kourtney Kardashian Is Selling a Scam Weight Loss Treatment That Says “GLP-1” on the Bottle But Isn’t a GLP-1

By Noor Al-Sibai

Roughly three-quarters of people who took both an injectable and pill version of a new GLP-1 weight loss drug in trials experienced vomiting.
RX and Medicine

New Weight Loss Drug Has Small Problem: Uncontrollable Vomiting

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a sweeping new lawsuit, over 900 people are claiming that Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs caused them long-term gastrointestinal damage.
RX and Medicine

More Than 900 Patients Say Ozempic and Similar Drugs Unexpectedly Injured Them

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a small study, researchers have found that an Ozempic-style drug seems to slow the progression of Alzheimer's.
RX and Medicine

Ozempic-Style Drug Slows the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, Experiment Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

As China prepares to beef up its weight loss drug market, the Danish firm that makes Ozempic may soon have its dominance threatened.
RX and Medicine

China’s Creating Cheapo Versions of Ozempic That Could Majorly Shake Up the Market

By Noor Al-Sibai

More and more kids are using Ozempic and Wegovy than ever before, and that might not necessarily be a good thing. 
RX and Medicine

So, So Many Kids Are Taking So, So Much Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai