Weight loss with Ozempic or Wegovy requires patients to inject themselves with the drug, and drawbacks have been reported for some people. But a new oral drug from Pfizer promises to deliver similar results, minus the needle. While some headlines have already heralded it as potentially the next Ozempic in pill form and easier to use than similar treatments, experts say it’s still early in the process to say for sure. It needs to be studied on a larger scale and for a longer duration before we can truly understand…
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Everything to know about Hollywood Ozempic’s skinny jab
Ozempic, branded Hollywood skinny jab, continues to make headlines as celebrities and influencers admit to using the wildly popular drug for weight loss. While weight-loss drugs aren’t new, semaglutide has begun to gain attention over the past year, as demand soared and resulted in a global shortage. Semaglutide is labeled as two separate drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. Ozempic is the brand name of the injection approved only for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The sister drug, Wegovy, is semaglutide approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as…
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