In the new SCALE Kids study, which has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a daily 3mg dose of Saxenda reduced the body mass index (BMI) of the children by an average of 5.8% ...

A dozen GLP-1 receptor agonists and coagonists demonstrated effectiveness for weight loss in adults with obesity and without ...

Only three drugs – Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Saxenda, and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound ... starting at a low dose and slowly increasing it to find the optimal level for each individual patient.

In one corner, we’ve got Mounjaro, and in the other, Ozempic. They’re both once-a-week injectable drugs designed to help ...

Metformin, an oral medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, is often prescribed off-label for weight loss. It helps to ...

Like Ozempic, Wegovy is also prescription only and taken once a week. Saxenda, like Ozempic and Wegovy, is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, but it’s made with liraglutide (instead of semaglutide).

Calculating a bolus dose is where insulin administration can get tricky. When you give yourself insulin, you’re estimating how many units of insulin it will take to process the carbohydrates you ...