Ozempic, a semaglutide medication, is an FDA-approved treatment specifically for managing type 2 diabetes by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone
Post-marketing data have not revealed an increased incidence of MTC in patients treated with these medications, though the baseline incidence of this rare cancer type is very low (approximately 1-2 cases per 100,000 people annually)
During clinical trials for those conditions, researchers noticed an interesting side effect: patients kept losing weight
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