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It's also a better fit for patients with comorbidities who benefit from thorough metabolic tracking

Originally approved by the FDA as diabetes treatments for controlling blood sugar, medications like semaglutide (like Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (like Mounjaro and Zepbound) have become the new face of weight loss medications

As Novo Nordisk points out, more than 80% of new prescriptions are for patients who had never taken GLP-1 medicines before

Burping is more common with Wegovy (2.4 mg dose) at approximately 7% compared to Ozempic (lower diabetes doses), where eructation occurs in less than 5% of patients