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People who stop taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy started to regain weight in a short amount of time, according to a new study.
The key takeaway
Andrew Stokes received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyze the real-word effects of this new class of appetite-suppressing therapies, as well as inequities in access to these medications.
Other oral compounds like CT-996 / RG 6652 showed a clinically meaningful weight reduction of 6-7% in four weeks among participants without T2D, and GSBR-1290 has demonstrated favourable safety, tolerability and efficacy results
GLP-1 weight loss drugs will be a lot cheaper for many older Americans with the rollout of Medicares $50-a-month GLP-1 program.
