Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?

It is rare that a ***** becomes a household name and even rarer for one to become a superstar, but with its ability to grab headlines, Ozempic is the Taylor Swift of pharmaceuticals. So just what ***** behind its star power? Even as the ***** and its derivatives take off, researchers are racing to find out how it works.

“We’re seeing so many incredible benefits,” says

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

at the University of Illinois. “It’s early days, but it’s looking like these drugs aren’t just going to change medicine but our whole economy.”

Most medicines only treat one or two conditions, meaning that “cure-alls” promising to tackle any and all ailments are usually viewed with scepticism and suspicion. Ozempic seems to buck that trend. Last year, Wegovy – a version of Ozempic approved for weight loss – was shown to

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

by almost 20 per cent. The emergence of “Ozempic pregnancies” hinted at

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. People started noticing positive effects on depression and anxiety. In May,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and ****** in people with diabetes during a three-year trial. In July, another version of

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s ********.

Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs are widely advertised in the US

Richard Levine/Alamy

Why this ***** is helping so many conditions is still mysterious, but researchers are beginning to unravel the mechanisms underlying its extraordinary abilities. From its effects on reward circuits in the brain to its impact on inflammation, understanding…

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Ozempic #Wegovy #treat

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up