Wegovy, one of a new class of drugs used for weight loss, reduced the risk of heart attacks in overweight adults in a large trial, according to its manufacturer.
Wednesday, Dr. Céline Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, said these results were better than expected.
"A 20% reduction in heart attacks and stroke from a weight loss medication — we've never seen that before with any approved weight loss medication," she said.Wegovy, a brand-name formulation of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide, received approval to treat adult obesity in 2021. An earlyThis latest study shows semaglutide can reduce patients' risks of experiencing cardiac events, which are more common in overweight and obese individuals.
Some insurers are paying tens of millions of dollars per month for semaglutide as more Americans are prescribed the medications, the Wall Street Journal
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