Susan Sweeney, Amgen's executive vice president of obesity and related conditions, said the company sees an advantage in people not needing to take a weekly injection and instead thinking about treatment as little as four times a year
Anesthesiology 81(2):299307
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.846903 Received 31 December 2021 Accepted 01 February 2022 Published 21 February 2022 Volume 13 - 2022 Edited by Paolo Moghetti, University of Verona, Italy Reviewed by Flavia Prodam, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy Updates Copyright 2022 Cignarelli, Genchi, Le Grazie, Caruso, Marrano, Biondi, DOria, Sorice, Natalicchio, Perrini, Laviola and Giorgino
However, these medications come with some side effects, like nausea and vomiting
GLP-1 medications may carry risks including thyroid C-cell tumors (including thyroid cancer) and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)
Findings from the Look AHEAD randomized trial