Active ingredient in brands including Wegovy and Ozempic also found to have brought about cardiovascular benefits for participants in research
projectStudy participants prescribed semaglutide lost an average of 10.2 per cent of their body weight over a four-year period, while the placebo group lost 1.5 per cent. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA WireA weight loss injection could reduce the risk of heart attacks and benefit the cardiovascular health of adults, according to a study on what could be the largest medical breakthrough since statins.
Prof John Deanfield, the director of the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and the lead author of the study, said the findings showed that the medication should be routinely prescribed to treat cardiovascular illnesses.Biden’s Racine certainty fails to win broad acclaim The study involved 17,604 adults aged 45 and over with a body mass index of more than 27 from across 41 countries. The participants, who had also previously experienced a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, were prescribed either a 2.5mg weekly dose of semaglutide or a placebo for an average period of 40 months.
Prof Jason Halford, president of the European Association for the Study of Obesity, said that as the medication could be seen to improve cardiovascular health, it could be economically beneficial for it to be prescribed widely. A separate study looking at a new slimming jab has found that it could be much more effective than those already on the market. Retatrutide, a weekly injection, works by suppressing appetite and also by helping the body burn more fat, according to its phase 2 clinical trial.
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