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Use of newer medications for weight loss and blood sugar management has surged between 2021 and 2023, especially tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand name Mounjaro for diabetes treatment and ...

HealthDay News — After approval, tirzepatide dispensations increased markedly among adults with type 2 diabetes prescribed glucose-lowering medications (GLMs) and among adults without diabetes ...

Tirzepatide's uptake was rapid post-launch, surpassing other GLP-1 RAs and SGLT2 inhibitors, while conventional GLMs like metformin and insulin declined. The approval of tirzepatide for type 2 ...

Each participant received weekly doses of tirzepatide—either 5 mg, 10 mg, or 15 mg—for three years. At the end of this period, the results were impressive. On average, participants lost ...

Once-weekly treatment with tirzepatide can produce clinically meaningful and sustained weight loss for at least three years in adults with overweight or obesity who do not have diabetes ...

Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both ...

Nimacimab alone demonstrated 23.5% weight loss, comparable to monlunabant and tirzepatide alone. “This new preclinical study highlights that a truly peripherally-restricted CB1 inhibitor ...

Those changes include a sharp climb in the use of newly approved medications, especially tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand name Mounjaro for diabetes treatment and Zepbound for weight loss.