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Episode: Drug used in diabetes treatment Mounjaro helped dieters shed 60 pounds, study finds
Description: The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average, when combined with intensive diet and exercise, a new study shows.
By comparison, a group of people who also dieted and exercised, but then received dummy shots, lost weight initially but then regained some, researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine.
βThis study says that if you lose weight before you start the drug, you can then add a lot more weight loss after,β said Dr. Thomas Wadden, a University of Penn...