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Weight Loss Meds: Is Ozempic a Miracle Drug?

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Is Ozempic Good for Diabetes?

Ozempic was approved by the FDA for treating diabetes in 2017. Four years later, the FDA approved a version of the same drug that's in ozempic under a different name. And they approved it specifically for weight loss. That partly explains the shortage we've been hearing about because the diabetes med can also be used as the weight loss med and with more people wanting to use this stuff for weight loss, there's less and less of either drug to go around.

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