garetosmab trevogrumab semaglutide Combinations Show Promise in Phase 2 COURAGE Obesity Trial GDF8 and activin A blockade

#VantageOnFirstpost: Semaglutide Goes Generic in India: Drugs could be as cheap as $14 India has just entered its Ozempic era

In a discussion about the physician survey, the President of Omada Health, Wei-Li Shao, told Fierce Healthcare that, We believe that the decision to start, stop, or continue a GLP-1 should be made in the medical home between the patient and their primary care physician. The concept of the medical home has been defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as, An approach to providing comprehensive and high quality primary care.that is accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective. AAP also notes that a medical home, is not a building or place, extending beyond the walls of a clinical practice.A medical home builds partnerships with clinical specialists, families and community resources

We and others have shown that GLP-1 drugs reduce risks of many substance use and addiction disorders.

This condition typically presents as deficits in various cognitive abilities, such as memory, learning, language, motor skills, perception, and attention

135 million obese Indians

We see the same thing with the association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and macular degeneration, a much more common form of blindness in which people (usually older adults) lose sight at the centre of their vision but can still see around it