Other popular GLP-1 drugs include: Originally developed to reduce blood glucose in type 2 diabetes only, research published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2021 documenting the powerful weight loss effects of the active ingredient semaglutide began the movement to prescribe GLP-1 receptor agonists as an off-label weight-loss drug
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