The medication is available under different brand names: Ozempic (approved for diabetes) and Wegovy (specifically approved for weight loss)
These medicines include semaglutide (Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for weight management), dulaglutide (Trulicity for diabetes), liraglutide (Victoza for diabetes, Saxenda for weight management), and exenatide (Bydureon BCise for diabetes)
A few other GLP-1 agonists are also available, but theyre currently only FDA approved to treat Type 2 diabetes, not for weight loss
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