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What are GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic?
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are peptides: short chains of amino acids that copy the gut hormone GLP-1, which tells your brain you are full and slows your stomach. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly built them for type 2 diabetes. Users lose 15 to 20% of body weight, which makes them the biggest weight-loss drugs in history.
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