Drugs Like Ozempic And Mounjaro Could Treat Other Conditions—Here’s What Scientists Are Looking At

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Weight loss and diabetes may just be the beginning for drugs like Ozempic , Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound as reports increasingly suggest they may have far-reaching benefits for treating conditions as diverse as heart and liver disease, Parkinson’s, anxiety and addiction, sparking researchNovo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound — brand names for drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide — are far and away the most famous members of a booming class of medications known as...

The sheer number of people who take a medication after approval, especially popular ones like semaglutide and tirzepatide, can dwarf the number of people involved in a trial and companies and regulators alike monitor how they fare in the real world.

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