Tirzepatide (Zepbound and Mounjaro): weekly vials you load into a syringe yourself or preloaded injection pens Semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic): weekly, preloaded injection pen in various doses Liraglutide (Saxenda and Victoza): daily injectable pens Other GLP-1s and weight-loss meds: Trulicity , a less common GLP-1 (dulaglutide), comes in the form of a pen for once-weekly injections Bydureon BCise (once-weekly preloaded injection) Rybelsus (oral method) Contrave and Xenical (weight-loss drugs that are not GLP-1s and typically come at a much cheaper price tag) Other medications: antibiotics, antidepressants, asthma medication, and much, much more Note: Ozempic, Mounjaro, Victoza, Trulicity, Bydureon, and Rybelsus are FDA approved for type 2 diabetes only and must be prescribed off-label for use as a weight-loss treatment
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10.1126/science.1094637
On the 22nd (local time), Eli Lilly unveiled the results of its Phase 3 clinical trial of TRIUMPH-1 in obese or overweight adults
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