“I was depressed, severely depressed for that whole time.”Five months earlier, in October 2022, Bentley had started taking Mounjaro for weight loss.
Ozempic uses the active ingredient semaglutide, and Wegovy is the version approved for weight loss.
Mounjaro uses tirzepatide, which also targets a second hormone called GIP, and Zepbound is its brand name for weight loss.
Safety in pregnancyEven as GLP-1 medicines may increase fertility, little is known about their safety during pregnancy.
“It’s kind of like heart failure or sleep apnea,” he said, referring to conditions for which GLP-1 drugs have recently shown positive results.
Persons:
CNN — Catera Bentley, Bentley, ”, “, ” Bentley, she’d, —, ‘, ’ Bentley, Jody Dushay, Dushay, Catera Bentley, Ivy, Daniel Drucker, ” Drucker, they’re, Drucker, Eli Lilly, ” Dushay, haven’t, That’s, Anuja Dokras, Dokras, Melanie Cree, Cree, PCOS, aren’t, Eli Lilly’s, Daniel Skovronsky, ” Skovronsky, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, it’s, Mounjaro
Organizations:
CNN, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, University of, Mount Sinai, Novo Nordisk, Zepbound, US Centers for Disease Control, University of Pennsylvania, PCOS, Children’s Hospital, National Institutes of Health, CNN Health
Locations:
Steele , Alabama, Mount, United States, Children’s Hospital Colorado, —, Colorado