Hinojosa emphasizes that GLP-1 medications remain an important and effective tool
Wegovy is now the first weight loss medication to also be approved to help prevent life-threatening cardiovascular events in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight, said John Sharretts, MD, director of the FDAs Division of Diabetes, Lipid Disorders, and Obesity
Trials havent shown this effect to be significant with Semaglutide, but make sure all your doctors know about all your medications, including Semaglutide
A new study presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) examined how the timing of a patient's last dose of Ozempic prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) influences anesthesia-related complications such as delayed emergence, aspiration, aspiration pneumonitis and conversion to intubation
The medications appear to facilitate dietary behavior change to achieve weight loss, and improvements to quality of life may include both effects of weight loss and reductions in food preoccupation and hunger