Ozempic and Wegovy, a drug called semaglutide designed for people with Type 2 diabetes, helps the pancreas release the right amount of insulin when blood sugar levels are high
This could change how the body absorbs oral contraceptives
Jared Dashevsky, MD, is an internal medicine physician and incoming pulmonary and critical care fellow at Mount Sinai, and the founder of Healthcare Huddle a newsletter read by over 30,000 physicians and healthcare professionals
In the PIONEER 3 trial, add-on oral semaglutide was compared with add-on sitagliptin in patients uncontrolled on metformin [16]
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