The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The drug is now indicated specifically to treat kidney failure, ...

Discover the FDA-approved indications for GLP-1 receptors, including diabetes, weight loss, and cardiovascular disease. Learn brand-name and generic options.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide) to reduce certain risks ...

Clinics in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati have lost their licenses to distribute dangerous drugs after the Ohio ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) significantly reduce the risk for clinically meaningful chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in ...

In line with trial results, real-world data suggest GLP-1 receptor agonists have certain benefits in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD).

This repeated cross-sectional study including 69.2 million obesity management drug dispensed prescriptions revealed an increase from 0.76 million in July 2017 to 1.5 million in February 2024, with an ...

Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...

Researchers investigate the risk of incident thyroid cancer among patients treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor ...

Boosting Bacteroides vulgatus in diabetic mice increased GLP-1 secretion, improving blood sugar control and reducing sugar ...

A study on GLP1RA medications found that behavioral side effects likely do not result from direct action on GLP1R.

Recent research out of Cornell University showed that GLP-1 users' grocery bills have been reduced by as much as 8.6% — with ...