Can Diabetes Drug Help People with Obesity?

A compound that mimics a naturally occurring hormone that regulates appetite might also assist humans who've obesity however not diabetes to lose weight, a new study indicates.

The compound, semaglutide, has a chemical structure that is very similar to the hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), which regulates both insulin secretion and appetite.

Researchers says "This randomized study of weight reduction triggered with semaglutide in humans with weight problems however without diabetes has proven the very best weight reductions but seen for any pharmaceutical intervention”.

The new study included 957 individuals, 35 percent of whom were male. All individuals had a body mass index (BMI) of as a minimum 30, however did not have diabetes. They have been randomly assigned to seven specific groups. 5 groups acquired specific doses of semaglutide (between 0.05 mg and zero.4 mg) via injection as soon as each day; a 6th group received a placebo, and a 7th group acquired 3 mg of the diabetes drug liraglutide. All individuals acquired month-to-month weight loss plan and workout counselling.

After one year, all individuals receiving semaglutide had lost drastically more weight than the ones receiving placebo. The higher the dose individuals acquired, the extra their average weight loss. individuals who obtained0.05 mg of semaglutide daily lost a mean of 6.0 percentage of their body weight; the 0.1 mg group lost a medianof 8.6 percentage; the 0.3 mg group lost a mean of 11.2 percentage; and people receiving a every day dose of 0.4mg lost a mean of 13.8 percent. the ones receiving liraglutide lost a mean of 7.eight percent of their bodyweight, at the same time those in the placebo group lost only 2.3 percent on common.

Sixty five percent of individuals who obtained 0.4 mg of semaglutide per day lost as a minimum 10 percent in their body weight, as compared with 10 percentages of these within the placebo group and 34 percentage of the liraglutide group.

The most not unusual adverse occasions in those taking semaglutide have been slight/mild nausea, as seenformerly with GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Researchers cited that similarly researches of semaglutide for obesity are underway.

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