You may have heard about Ozempic, a medicine for type 2 diabetes approved by the FDA in 2017. This medicine is for use with diet and exercise to improve control of blood glucose levels in people ...

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Microdosing Ozempic refers to using smaller amounts compared to the standard therapeutic doses that are traditionally prescribed for managing type 2 diabetes and aiding weight loss, experts say.

One in eight adults in the U.S. has taken Ozempic or another type of GLP-1 drug, surveys show — and now a major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks ...

Some consumers are taking smaller than standard doses of GLP-1s—the popular class of weight-loss and diabetes drugs that include Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound—or spacing out doses longer than ...

The terms “Ozempic face” and “Ozempic butt” are not truly side effects of GLP-1 drugs, but rather consequences that occur from rapid weight loss from the face and rear end.

We're living in the era of Ozempic. For others, however, the accessibility has led to misuse. "We have a little bit of a wild west in who's writing for this medication now, because it is so ...

In the end, I was also an early quitter: I stopped taking the drug within months of starting it. Ozempic made me nauseated, gave me heartburn, disrupted my sleep. It wasn't worth it.

When Ozempic hit the market in 2018, insurance companies were more lenient about prediabetes coverage, said Dr. Michelle Hauser, obesity medicine director of the Stanford Lifestyle and Weight ...

Should Ozempic be added to the water supply? That is the kind of half-joking question that doctors kick around when a new class of drugs begins to help a big chunk of the population.