As weight-loss drugs hit the U.S. market, doctors debate how to use them

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Should they be used broadly, along with diet and exercise? Or should higher risk patients with other conditions be prioritized?

March 30 - As powerful new obesity drugs enter the U.S. market, medical associations are keen to advise their members on how to best use them for patients. That is where the debate begins.Wegovy, alongside a healthy diet and exercise. Others recommend prioritizing them for high-risk patients, who have other conditions that are exacerbated by excess weight.

Wegovy is approved for use in the United States and Europe, while a similar drug from Eli Lilly and CoThe medications helped patients shed up to 15% and 20% of their weight, respectively, in large clinical trials, more than previously-approved weight-loss treatments. The group last provided obesity treatment guidelines in 2013 alongside the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. It aims to issue new recommendations early next year, and plans more frequent updates as data becomes available.

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, which provide some funding to The Obesity Society and the Endocrine Society and partner with AACE, would not say whether they were engaging with medical associations on the creation of new guidelines.The American Medical Association, the nation’s largest medical group, recognized obesity as a disease in 2013.

 

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