Zepbound was created and approved for weight loss as the sister medication to Mourjano which was created originally for diabetes management
The medication works through dual agonism of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors, which helps regulate appetite, food intake, and energy balance
Most of my diabetics prefer Ozempic injection to the Rybelsus pill, both of which are semaglutide variants, says Jennifer Brown, MD, ABOM, ABFM , a dual board-certified physician in family medicine and obesity medicine
Its important to recognize that things are on a continuum, Shukla said
It was also granted FDA accelerated approval for adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer, the most common type of bladder cancer