New ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug Wegovy approved for use in Australia
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- 22 Mar 2023
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A “game-changing” weight-loss medication has been approved for use in Australia, with the power to help millions of people.
Marketed locally as Wegovy, the injectable drug promises to revolutionise weight-loss treatments, mimicking a naturally occurring hormone that slows down how fast the stomach works, making people feel fuller for longer.
“What’s happened is that clever chemists in the pharmaceutical industry have taken a peptide that is naturally occurring, and tweaked it so that instead of having a lifetime in the blood of about seconds or tens of seconds, they’ve extended it so it can be used as a once-weekly dose,” leading obesity researcher at Monash University, Professor Brian Oldfield, told news.com.au’s podcast I’ve Got News For You.
“That’s a major step forward – this ability to prolong the action and create a greater impact.”
Professor Oldfield said Wegovy’s impact on those who take it is “remarkable”.
“In a lot of cases, and this is just anecdotal, they will actually express this view that they just don’t have the cravings that they had. And it’s a very unusual feeling for them because they’ve lived with these cravings that drive them from one meal to the next,” he told host Andrew Bucklow.
“Now it’s less consequential. It’s not such a big deal.” Read More…
