Participants often found they could reduce or eliminate blood pressure medications during treatment, simplifying their overall medication regimens
One of the biggest differences between the two medications is how they're taken, says Deborah Horn, DO, director of obesity medicine at UTHealth Houston
Compounded GLP-1 products are marketed using semaglutide or tirzepatide formulations, but they are distinct from FDA-approved finished brand-name drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, or Mounjaro
Available from: Butler J, Shah SJ, Petrie MC, Borlaug BA, Abildstrm SZ, Davies MJ et al (2024) Semaglutide versus placebo in people with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a pooled analysis of the STEP-HFpEF and STEP-HFpEF DM randomised trials