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Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds (apnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients.

The research is the first to document that an obesity medication can not only pare pounds, but also safely prevent a heart attack, stroke or a heart-related death in people who already have heart disease — but not diabetes.

The findings could shift perceptions that the new class of obesity drugs are cosmetic treatments and put pressure on health insurers to cover them.

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It would have less risk of many things to do weight coaching and traditional weight loss methods. These drugs are very hard on your body and their effect has a high chance of fucking up the neuro chemical system it affects so that, if stopped, you can basically feel like you are starving forever. From what I have read about it most doctors are not in support of this being used this way with the exception of obesity issues so bad that the long term damage cause by a life of using this class of drugs is still less damaging than the weight.