Meaningful weight loss, better blood sugar control, and reduced cardiovascular risk are common goals for people who seek GLP-1 therapy, says Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, an obesity medicine specialist and associate professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston
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Clinical trials demonstrate semaglutide reduces body weight by 1522% over 68 weeks at therapeutic doses, with consistent results across study populations
Compared to the GLP-1RA semaglutide, tirzepatide was a less potent GLP-1RA
These improvements occurred while many participants reduced or eliminated concurrent diabetes medications