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At the time of this blog post, Ozempic and Mounjaro are the only two of these four drugs that are FDA-approved expressly for weight loss and may be prescribed if your BMI (Body Mass Index) is higher than 30, or if it is over 27 and you have another health-related condition such as diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, or high blood pressure (HTN)
These may include: other FDA-approved weight-loss medications structured medical weight-management programs nutrition and behavioral counseling supervised exercise interventions long-term clinical monitoring Some older medications are available in generic form and may be less expensive, although experts note they may not produce the same degree of weight loss as GLP-1 therapies
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