Our editors also may be in touch with follow-up questions. Ozempic is a brand-name version of semaglutide, an injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist medication. One of the ...

One of the medicines, naltrexone, has shown a small effect size on alcohol-use disorder, Hendershot told CNN. The semaglutide trial showed effect sizes “in the medium to large range,” he said ...

Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Getty It has been theorized that Ozempic could potentially help with substance abuse disorders due to the way it works in the brain. Now the first clinical ...

By Dani Blum Some people who take drugs like Ozempic have noticed a surprising but welcome side effect: They drink less. A paper published Wednesday offers the strongest evidence yet that this is ...

Those who lose weight on Ozempic often find success has left them with sagging skin—a common side effect that is driving a boom in cosmetic surgery. “The first thing they see is the loose ...

Patients taking Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs are reporting cases of sudden vision loss, including temporary and even permanent blindness. While these claims have circulated on Reddit for ...

As the usage of the drug increases, so too do concerns about the drug and its side effects. Ozempic is medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that along with diet and exercise may improve blood ...

Semaglutide, sold by Novo Nordisk as Ozempic for type 2 diabetes and Wegovy for obesity, is part of a class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, mimicking the hormone GLP-1 to reduce ...

DOCTOR TODD ELLERIN SAYS SHEER DEMAND HAS CREATED A MARKET FOR COMPOUNDED VERSIONS OF POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS LIKE WEGOVY AND OZEMPIC. THE WEIGHT WATCHERS WEBSITE CLAIMS IT’S COMPOUNDED ...