Diabetes Medication Can Help You Lose Weight, Really?

KOMPAS.com – A recent research results show, drugs diabetes can play a role in lowering body weight obese people.

“Medical care brings 10 percent weight loss in the majority respondents, and even 20 percent weight loss in more than a third of respondents. “

“This is the beginning of a new era,” said one of the researchers involved in the study, and professor of endocrinology, Rachel Batterham.

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A total of 1,961 adults from North America, South America, Asia and Europe took part in the 68-week trial throughout 2018.

In it used semaglutide drugs or anti-diabetes drugs commonly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

These people received semaglutide injections under the skin and some received a placebo every week.

In addition, respondents also attended counseling sessions for a low calorie diet and increased exercise.

Semaglutide is sold under the names Ozempic and Rybelsus by the Danish drug company Novo Nordisk.

“Participants who received semaglutide lost 5-20 percent or more of their body weight at week 68, compared with those receiving placebo,” the study said.

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Participants aged 18 years and over, with one or more previous diet attempts to lose weight tend to have a normal body mass index (BMI) of 18.5-24.9.

The researchers said treatment with semaglutide once a week plus healthy lifestyle interventions led to sustained weight loss in obese (non-diabetic) adults.

Clinically the treatment was highly relevant at 14.9 percent, with 86 percent of participants achieving at least a five percent weight loss.

Novo Nordisk shipped semaglutide as a weight management treatment for regulatory approval to Food and Drug Administration, United States, and European Medicines Agency.

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