New weight-loss drugs are highly effective, so why aren’t they widely used?
Story Date: 6/20/2022

 

Source: Lauren Dunn, NBC NEWS, 6/10/22


A new class of weight-loss drugs is giving some patients with obesity new hope that they’ll be able to lose excess pounds and improve their health without experiencing the dangerous side effects of older medications.  But despite mounting evidence that the drugs are both safe and effective, doctors say relatively few of the country’s millions of eligible patients are taking them. 

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