Weight loss drug Zepbound ‘significantly reduced’ sleep apnea in trials

Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Zepbound has been shown to “significantly reduce” obstructive sleep apnea (OSA ... to be the first pharmaceutical treatment for the underlying disease.” ... Read More

Popular Weight Loss and Diabetes Drugs May Also Help Alleviate Sleep Apnea Symptoms

In addition to helping manage diabetes and obesity, certain popular GLP-1 medications could be also help people improve ... sleep apnea treatment is the CPAP machine. Additional treatment options ... Read More

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound eases obstructive sleep apnea in trials

The results also pave the way for Zepbound to potentially become the first approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, a common disorder characterized by breathing interruptions during ... Read More

Sleep apnea reduced in people who took weight-loss drug, Eli Lilly reports

The results, from a pair of yearlong clinical trials, could offer a new treatment ... improve the effect.” He added that unlike current treatments that address only the symptoms of sleep apnea ... Read More

Sleep apnea: Mouthguards less invasive, just as effective as CPAP

Medications are the first-line treatment for high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension. However, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which can cause and/or exacerbate hypertension ... Read More

Weight-loss drug linked to sleep apnea reduction: Research

The first trial looked at participants not on positive airway pressure, or PAP, therapy — a common treatment for sleep apnea. Those who took Zepbound had an average of 27.4 fewer AHI events per ... Read More

Weight-loss drug Zepbound reduces sleep apnea, study shows

Zepbound, one of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans now take, eased sleep apnea in obese adults ... and therefore untreated," Dr. Jeff Emmick, senior vice president ... Read More

Weight loss drugs may work for sleep apnea, Eli Lilly study finds

"The data represents a potential huge step forward patients living with moderate to severe sleep apnea and obesity who are really looking for additional treatment options," Dr. Jeff Emmick ... Read More

What to Know About Weight-Loss Drugs and Sleep Apnea

Zepbound, a drug that rivals Ozempic, may one day be a treatment for sleep apnea ... can reduce the severity of symptoms or improve obstructive sleep apnea for some, it isn't a cure in many ... Read More

Tirzepatide reduced sleep apnea severity by up to nearly two-thirds in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity

Tirzepatide achieved a mean apnea-hypopnea index reduction of up ... in two phase 3 clinical trials Tirzepatide meaningfully improved sleep apnea symptoms in those with moderate-to-severe OSA ... Read More

Company that made millions of defective sleep apnea machines ordered to overhaul manufacturing

The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines is now legally barred from resuming production at U.S. facilities until it meets a number of safety requirements WASHINGTON ... Read More

Eli Lilly's weight loss drug reduces sleep apnea, study shows

Eli Lilly's weight loss-related drug Zepbound could potentially be used to reduce the severity of sleep apnea in adults ... treatment for the underlying disease," Dr. Jeff Emmick, senior vice ... Read More