These wonder drugs developed originally as a therapeutic tool for diabetes (and coupled with a healthful diet theyre a good one for that) are famously now being employed for weight loss in the broader non-diabetic (and sometimes not even particularly overweight) population, but also for a crazy quilt array of other conditions, including: cardiovascular risk reduction (for which theyve gained FDA approval), obstructive sleep apnea tied to obesity, slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease, improving fatty liver disease, protecting against Alzheimers and other dementias, and such off label applications as reducing the craving for alcohol and other addictive substances, lowering blood pressure, improving lipid profiles, increasing insulin sensitivity in PCOS, and possible roles in alleviating chronic pain, strengthening bones in osteoporosis, and reducing seizures

The defense argument that the NAION reports are isolated, coincidental, or driven only by underlying diabetes is getting sillier
Though the injections are in high demand, they might not work for people who have a high BMI and a lot of weight to lose, said Dr
What alternatives are there to Ozempic
The right choice is personal: your health history, tolerance, and goals decide the better option, and that decision belongs in a medical consultation
Confirmatory GC-MS testing would resolve any ambiguous preliminary result