In the study, the authors report that of the 8,803 patients who took Wegovy in the trial, 569 (6.5%) had a heart attack or another cardiovascular event, compared with 701 of the 8801 patients (8.0%) in the placebo group
There's a lot of coaching and education about how we make our lives today work and eat foods that are healthier." While it's important to have a comprehensive care team in place, Eichorst stressed the importance of making sure they're the right care team
Although the FDA has not approved any techniques for monitoring the response to this drug, AASLD guidelines recommend noninvasive liver assessments such as vibration-controlled transient elastography or magnetic resonance elastography or blood-based assessments
This is a class effect, meaning it applies to all GLP-1 medications to varying degrees, not just one specific drug
Unlike the oral peptide form of semaglutide, it can be taken any time of day without food or water restrictions, and as a small molecule, it is easier to manufacture at scale