Another emerging area of research focuses on addiction and the brains reward pathways
Also, during STEP 5, a study to assess efficacy of semaglutide with a follow-up of 2 years, there is a post-hoc analysis that demonstrates a better performance in the self-reported Control of Eating Questionnaire(CoEQ) to measure changes in appetite versus placebo, with lower cravings for dairy and starchy foods and less desire for salty and spicy food at short-term (20 weeks) but also as a maintenance therapy at weeks 52 and 104 (178)
Brand names like Wegovy, specifically approved for weight management, and Ozempic, intended for type 2 diabetes, are prominent semaglutide options
A novel triple therapy, retatrutide, could continue the string of game-changing metabolic agents that began with semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist for type 2 diabetes and obesity, and continued with tirzepatide, a dual GLP-1/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonist