The findings are the first to demonstrate that a weight-loss drug has medical benefits beyond weight reduction.
Novo Nordisk hasn't yet released the full trial results, but the study may be compelling enough to get insurance companies to provide coverage for the expensive medication, said Dr. Shauna Levy, a specialist in obesity medicine and the medical director of the Tulane Bariatric Center in New Orleans.
in the U.S. The evidence that Wegovy can reduce heart risks along with weight loss may change some views that it's a vanity drug, said Dr. Holly Lofton, the director of the weight management program at NYU Langone Health and an investigator in the Novo Nordisk trial.The findings were based on a late-stage clinical trial of more than 17,000 adults ages 45 and up who got a 2.4-milligram dose of Wegovy or a placebo in addition to standard care.
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Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia“This is such a serious sort of potential complication that everybody who takes this drug should know about it,” said Dr. Ion Hobai, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who was among the first to flag the issue.
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Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesiaIn June, the American Society of Anesthesiologists advised patients to skip daily weight-loss medications on the day of surgery and hold off on weekly injections for a week before any operations. But experts say that the guidance may not go far enough.
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Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic may raise risk of complications under anesthesia, doctors sayExperts say the drugs can slow digestion so much that it puts patients at increased risk for a problem called pulmonary aspiration, which can cause dangerous lung damage, infections and even death.
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Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesiaPatients taking blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face potentially deadly complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia.
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Ozempic before and after: 5 women get real about weight loss, side effects and costThe most common include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and constipation, according to Novo Nordisk, the company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy. But patients may also experience serious side effects such as pancreatitis, kidney failure and more.
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