That translates to 80 cases of medullary cancers in women and 31 cases in men per year in Australia
PMID 14766953
While there are no approved indications for using GLP-1 agonists specifically for the treatment of lipedema, these medications have shown numerous health benefits for women with dozens of medical conditions, such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, Kidney Disease, Parkinsons Disease, and Obesity, as well as for women without any existing medical problems
Gastrointestinal adverse events represent the leading cause of treatment withdrawal, but serious adverse events including pancreatitis remain rare
Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, in the facilitys weight management clinic