700 - The Pros, Cons, and Unknowns of Ozempic
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Medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro show lots of promise for treating obesity but scientists still don\\u2019t understand exactly how they work. There\\u2019s also a lack of data to show whether these medications are safe to take long term. Dr. Sameer Khan, a Johns Hopkins fellow in gasteroenterology, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what these medicines are and what they can do, the questions that remain, and why it\\u2019s a challenge for clinicians to prescribe them and for patients to actually obtain them. Learn more about another one of our projects, the Expert Insights newsletter: publichealth.jhu.edu/subscribe
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