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Despite anecdotes of suicidal thoughts linked to weight loss drugs, research finds little evidence of negative mental health effects linked to Ozempic and Wegovy.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether semaglutide, the active ingredient of weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and diabetes medications like Ozempic, causes hair loss and suicidal thoughts, CNN reports. Semaglutide belongs to a category of drugs which work by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone in the gut, which can affect the […]
People taking the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions, a new federal study finds. The research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published Friday and comes as European and U.S. regulators look into anecdotal reports that people taking the drug, semaglutide, had thoughts of self-harm. NIH and Case Western Reserve University researchers analyzed electronic medical records from more than 1.8 million patients prescribed semaglutide or another drug to treat obes...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into reports of adverse side effects from using diabetes medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, with hair loss, suicidal thoughts and airway obstruction being among the reported complications. According to the latest information from the agency, the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) received reports of patients…
The FDA is evaluating reports of side effects such as hair loss and suicidal thoughts in people taking drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy.