NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — You could be seeing quite a lot of tales about what may look like a miracle weight reduction treatment. Semaglutide was initially a medicine to deal with diabetes and was then FDA-approved for weight reduction.
Below the model names Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus, the injection drug can now be prescribed for weight reduction for some folks.
“They aren’t a substitute for wholesome consuming and train,” Yale Medication’s Dr. Wajahat Mehal stated.
Mehal stated it’s for folks reasonably chubby, not drastically chubby.
“So someone who’s 5’9″ and about 200, 250 kilos would qualify,” he stated. “It’s definitely not for individuals who is likely to be 100 kilos chubby or 50 kilos chubby.”
Mehal, the director of the Yale Metabolic Well being and Weight Loss Program, stated weight reduction may gain advantage folks 20 or 30 kilos chubby who’re extra prone to getting diabetes, hypertension, and fatty liver.
The drug works by suppressing the urge for food and can lead to a weight lack of round 14%, Mehal stated.
The FDA stated the drug might be prescribed to sufferers with a physique mass index BMI of 30 or extra or a BMI of 27 with associated circumstances like diabetes.
“To have a drug that may influence weight is a recreation changer,” Mehal stated.
Proper now, it seems the one approach to maintain off the load most often is to proceed on the drug.
There was a current scarcity of the drug, which isn’t good for folks with diabetes, however Mehal stated that might ease up very quickly.
