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    Weight-loss medicines might also ease persistent ache

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    Weight-loss medication are serving to pin down a possible supply of persistent ache

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    Medicines like Ozempic and Wegovy might be able to cut back each persistent and acute ache. This makes some of these medication promising safer options to ache therapies resembling opioids, although the impact has but to be demonstrated in people.

    Ozempic and Wegovy work by mimicking a hormone launched after consuming generally known as GLP-1, which reduces urge for food and regulates blood sugar ranges. Whereas these medicines are solely authorised for treating weight problems and kind 2…

    Article amended on 15 November 2024

    We corrected the identify of the researcher and the character of the artificial molecule used within the analysis

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