Consumer News Weight Loss Drug Zepbound Is Also Effective For Sleep Apnea, Study Finds

FDA approves Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound for sleep apnea, expanding use in U.S.

The weekly injection is now the first drug treatment option cleared for patients with obesity and moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, which refers to breathing interrupted during sleep ... Read More

Study finds GLP-1 drugs may help prevent risks from sleep apnea

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound might help protect people from health risks related to sleep apnea, a new study says. Type 2 diabetes patients taking GLP-1 drugs were overall less likely ... Read More

GLP-1 drugs help protect against sleep apnea, study says

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound might help protect people from health risks related to sleep apnea, a new study says. Type 2 diabetes patients taking GLP-1 drugs were overall less likely ... Read More

Can GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Cure Sleep Apnea?

Is there anything as draining (and uniquely frustrating) as chronically poor sleep? For the 30 million Americans who live with sleep apnea, disrupted sleep can be an unfortunate fact of life, making ... Read More

Quitting Zepbound Leads to at Least 25 Percent Weight Regain After a Year

Most people who stopped taking their weight loss injections also experienced negative changes in blood pressure, waist size, and other health metrics. Read More

CVS Caremark sued for dropping coverage of sleep apnea drug

Plaintiffs are going to court to challenge CVS Caremark’s decision to stop covering Zepbound, a weight-loss drug that is also used to treat sleep apnea. Plaintiff Martin Hamburger filed his lawsuit in ... Read More

Next-level Ozempic is coming — inside the new era of weight-loss drugs about to drop

And Big Pharma’s not done cashing in on the weight-loss boom. Drugmakers are readying a new wave of next-level GLP-1 treatments, with several promising candidates in the pipeline. These experimental ... Read More

Weight loss from Lilly’s Zepbound drug reversed after stopping treatment, according to study

Weight loss from Eli Lilly’s Zepbound drug can reportedly be reversed if users stop treatment, according to a new study. In a study published in the journal JAMA, patients on the drug who struggled ... Read More

Eli Lilly partners with Walmart to sell weight loss drug directly to patients nationwide

Patients will be able to access Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound at Walmart pharmacies nationwide through its direct-to-consumer program as soon as next month. The partnership between Eli Lilly ... Read More

Are Weight Loss Drugs About to Get Less Expensive?

That said, GLP-1 medications for weight loss are not for everyone, and they can cause unpleasant, even serious, side effects, including gastrointestinal issues like nausea and diarrhea, and ... Read More