This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023 shows packaging for the company's Wegovy medication. The popular weight-loss drug can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023 shows packaging for the company's Wegovy medication.
The move will change the way many heart patients are treated, said Dr. Martha Gulati, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It confirms that the new class of obesity medications are useful for improving health, not just losing weight. About a third of the more than 17,600 participants in the clinical trial reported serious side effects. About 17% in the group that took Wegovy and about 8% of those who received placebo left the study because of those effects.
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