Saxenda was the FDA's first approved drug to treat obesity in adults back in 2014.
FILE - This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a weight-loss drug approved to treat obesity in adults is also safe and effective for kids as young as six.Devin Lavender, a professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia said in this study, over 80 kids, none older than ten years old and all of whom had a least a body mass index of 31, used Saxenda for a year.
"As we've seen with all the other GLP-1 weight loss medications, there was a reduction in BMI from baseline at the end of the trial period," Lavender said. Similar to other weight-loss drugs on the market, Lavender said months after the trial ended and the kids stopped taking the drug, the weight returned.C. Michael White, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut said during this study, some kids did experience side effects.But since this is one of the first published studies involving kids, White said it's not yet known if taking this drug at such a young age will impact growing bodies.
But what happens when they're receiving therapy for 10 years, for 15 years, for 20 years? We just don't have that kind of data set," said White. Lavender said that compared to other weight-loss drugs, one drawback of Saxenda is that it isn't a weekly injection.The trial has been extended to include more treatment and follow-up. Results are expected to come out sometime in 2027.
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