Naltrexone is under development for the treatment of alcohol, opioid addiction and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). It is a long acting implantable naltrexone implant, administered by the ...

The drugmaker launched a campaign supporting its weight loss medication Contrave, all backed by a cover version of Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit “You Don’t Own Me.” ...

The campaign inspires individuals to seek help in taking control of their weight-loss efforts with CONTRAVE, an established ...

Naltrexone, a drug used to treat opioid and alcohol use disorder, was associated with just a 14% reduction in the risk of ...

Anti-obesity medication use was associated with reduced alcohol consumption among patients in a telehealth medical weight ...

one veteran analyst says it’s possible he could end up supporting the Democratic incumbent’s proposal that Medicare and Medicaid cover GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Kim Monk, healthcare-policy ...

Exercise is an important component of weight loss. It works best when paired with a moderate calorie deficit. It’s important to find a type of exercise you enjoy, as consistency is more ...

Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting prescriptions are diagnosed with obesity-related conditions or take the drugs to become eligible for other ...

People who use Ozempic or Wegovy for weight loss often find they must avoid certain foods to minimize side effects from the medications. Both drugs contain semaglutide, a synthetic version of a ...

but recent pharmaceutical advances have led to the development of weight loss drugs. These are based on natural hormones from the intestine that help control food intake, such as GLP and GIP.

The letter came in June. Mindy McCormick, 67, read that her insurer would soon stop covering the weight loss drug Wegovy, which she had been taking for more than two years. What? she remembers ...