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Diabetes drug helps patients lose never-before-seen amounts of weight, study shows
A new study of the type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide found it also resulted in dramatic weight loss, offering hope for those struggling with obesity.
Karen Weintraub
USA TODAY
June 5, 2022
A drug approved to treat Type 2 diabetes is extremely effective at reducing obesity, according to a new study.
The drug, called tirzepatide, works on two naturally occurring hormones that help control blood sugar and are involved in sending fullness signals from the gut to the brain.
Researchers noticed that people who took the drug for their diabetes lost weight. The new trial focused on people who have obesity without diabetes and found even more weight loss.
Those taking the highest of three studied doses lost as much as 21% of their body weight – 50-60 pounds in some cases.
Nothing has provided that kind of weight loss except surgery, said Dr. Robert Gabbay, chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association. The full study was presented Saturday at the ADA's annual convention in New Orleans and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine....
Diabetes drug helps patients lose never-before-seen amounts of weight, study shows
A new study of the type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide found it also resulted in dramatic weight loss, offering hope for those struggling with obesity.
Karen Weintraub
USA TODAY
June 5, 2022
A drug approved to treat Type 2 diabetes is extremely effective at reducing obesity, according to a new study.
The drug, called tirzepatide, works on two naturally occurring hormones that help control blood sugar and are involved in sending fullness signals from the gut to the brain.
Researchers noticed that people who took the drug for their diabetes lost weight. The new trial focused on people who have obesity without diabetes and found even more weight loss.
Those taking the highest of three studied doses lost as much as 21% of their body weight – 50-60 pounds in some cases.
Nothing has provided that kind of weight loss except surgery, said Dr. Robert Gabbay, chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association. The full study was presented Saturday at the ADA's annual convention in New Orleans and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine....
