Tag: Prescription Drugs
Liraglutide May Reduce Migraine Burden in Adults With Obesity, Migraine
Decrease seen in mean monthly headache days and reduction in Migraine Disability Assessment scores
ADA: Insulin Efsitora Noninferior to Glargine for Reducing HbA1c in Adults With Type 2...
Rate of combined clinically significant or severe hypoglycemia significantly lower with efsitora versus glargine
Empagliflozin Has Kidney Protective Effects in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality were reduced with empagliflozin, regardless of kidney function
ADA: Orforglipron Reduces Glycated Hemoglobin in Early Type 2 Diabetes
All three doses of orforglipron superior to placebo with respect to primary end point of change in HbA1c from baseline to week 40
ADA: Ecnoglutide Yields Superior, Sustained Reduction in Body Weight
Sustained reduction seen in body weight versus placebo for adults aged 18 to 75 with overweight or obesity, without diabetes
Quality Improvement Initiative Ups Adherence to Medical Therapy for Heart Failure
Defect-free quadruple medication therapy significantly improved at discharge, 30 days in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Few Adolescents With Obesity Prescribed Obesity Medications
0.5 percent with obesity were prescribed an obesity medication in 2023; 83 percent of prescriptions received by teens with severe obesity
Finerenone + Empagliflozin Offers Greater Benefit in CKD, T2DM
Greater reduction in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio seen for combination versus either agent alone
Dapagliflozin Beneficial for Improving MASH Without Worsening Fibrosis
Dapagliflozin results in more patients with improved or resolved MASH without worsening of fibrosis, improved fibrosis without worsening of MASH
P2Y12 Inhibitor Monotherapy Beneficial for Patients Who Undergo PCI
Risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events lower compared with aspirin monotherapy for patients who undergo PCI and discontinue DAPT