Most patients should not stop taking GLP-1 receptor agonists prior to elective surgery, according to updated guidance from ...

In a practice-changing guideline reversal, medical societies advised on Tuesday that most patients do not need to stop taking ...

The odds for aspiration is greatest in the first weeks after a GLP-1 med is prescribed, since the delay in stomach emptying ...

It was semaglutide, a drug sold under the brand names Ozempic (for diabetes) and Wegovy (for weight ... even in patients without diabetes. Perhaps most striking was a 19% lower death rate from ...

In 2021, Jacqueline Barber agreed to try Ozempic because her doctor swore it would “work wonders” for her diabetes. A few months later, the vomiting started. Barber, who is 49 and lives in ...

Employers are rushing to Omada to get the startup's help managing patients on costly drugs like Ozempic.

People who received weekly injections of semaglutide -- the active agent in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-loss ...

There's buzz around certain type 2 diabetes drugs, which not only help regulate blood sugar but can also lead to significant ...

You may have heard about — or maybe even experienced — the short-term side effects of Ozempic® — such as nausea, vomiting, ...

The active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy has once ... This effect was most stark when comparing semaglutide to the old-school diabetes injectable insulin, with patients on semaglutide showing ...

These drugs are collectively known as GLP-1 agonists because they mimic the body’s natural hormone GLP-1, which regulates ...