Barbell Medicine Podcast cover image

Episode #209: Obesity Medications

Barbell Medicine Podcast

00:00

The Effects of a Combination Medication on Obesity

The FDA set rules that medications that were being studied for diabetes were also required to be studied for their effects on cardiovascular risk like heart attacks and strokes. These medications have shown a decrease in the risk of those things, reduction in cardiovascular risk, heart attacks, strokes, etc. And then additionally, they've also more recently been shown to have benefits on the incidence and progression of chronic kidney disease as well. We'll briefly cover three other treatments for obesity.

Play episode from 54:10
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app