FDA changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs
Amid backlash, FDA changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs
The FDA said Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drugs were no longer in shortage on Oct. 2, preventing pharmacies from making cheaper versions. After an outcry, it’s reconsidering.
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?
What this means is that by changing only one hormone, “suddenly you change your entire relationship with food”, says Prof Giles Yeo, an obesity scientist at the University of Cambridge. And that has all sorts of implications for the way we think about obesity.
Wegovy, other weight-loss drugs might help with alcoholism, opioid addiction
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds.
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New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs
New, popular injectable weight loss drugs — GLP-1 drugs — are highly effective at reducing obesity and, probably, the health risks posed by obesity. Yet the drugs are so expensive that insurers are often choosing between two bad options: restricting access or raising consumer costs.
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study
A study suggests that weight loss medications like Ozempic may help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders.
Weight-Loss Drugs Cut Drug and Alcohol Abuse, According to New Study
Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, a study found, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond diabetes and weight loss.
Weight loss drugs may help lower overdoses, alcoholism: Study
Researchers analyzed 1.3 million health records and found Ozempic, Mounjaro could lower rates of drug and alcohol overdoses.
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Amy Klobuchar joins Lanon Baccam for fundraiser, conversation on prescription drugs
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Arthritis and Joint Pain Supplements Recalled Due to Undeclared Drugs
Tablets labeled as dietary supplements for joint pain and arthritis are being recalled after the FDA found three undeclared ...
Review compares clot-busting drugs for stroke patients
An off-label clot-busting drug appears to work slightly better in treating stroke patients than an approved medication, a new ...
This 9-year-old's cancer was treatable. But the drugs were hard to find.
The family eventually found that medication. Later, two others Abby needed were hard to find. The Brays, like thousands of ...
Drug Task Force finds over 100 g. of drugs, $1,200 in raid
The report said that one of the handguns had a loaded high-capacity drum magazine and a full-automatic conversion kit, which ...
Couple accused of trying to bring drugs to jail in Youngstown
A Youngstown couple is facing charges after Mahoning County Prosecutors say they tried to have drugs snuck into the jail.
FOX45: Over 30 shots fired in Union Square as residents deal with open-air drugs
According to a Shotspotter alert, at least 37 shots were fired just before 11 p.m. near the corner of N. Calhoun and ...