So how do we engage or revamp our primary care workforce to include more obesity training for primary care physicians to really manage this population? A drug by any other name Semaglutide , one of the top-selling drugs in the United States in 2024, is marketed as Wegovy for weight management, as Rybelsus in an oral formulation for managing Type 2 diabetes and as Ozempic for treating Type 2 diabetes, reducing cardiovascular risk in patients with Type 2 diabetes and reducing the risk of kidney disease worsening in adults with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Dr Sindy Newman, who is a leading weight loss medication expert from Diet UK, told The Irish Mirror/Star: "In Ireland and across the EU, the only oral GLP-1 medicine currently authorised is Rybelsus (semaglutide tablets), which is licensed for type 2 diabetes and sometimes prescribed off-label for weight loss
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