Some people respond well to semaglutide and lose 15 to 20 percent of body weight
In people with obesity and established cardiovascular disease but without diabetes, semaglutide 2.4 mg resulted in 20% reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events [(MACE), death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction or nonfatal stroke] compared to placebo (SELECT trial) after a mean follow-up of 39.8 months this is the first trial demonstrating cardiovascular benefit for an obesity pharmacotherapy [110]
Section 1860D-2(e)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act explicitly excludes from Medicare drug coverage any agent used for anorexia, weight loss, or weight gain
Dietary folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 and risk of cardiovascular diseases among individuals with type 2 diabetes: a case-control study
Shauna Levy, medical director for the Tulane Weight Loss Center, says that doesnt mean it doesnt work, but that the medical community just doesnt know