Ozempic is approved to treat type 2 diabetes to help you manage your blood sugar control. It helps prevent large blood sugar spikes, and you may feel less hungry when you do not have wide swings in your blood sugar.
Studies have found that people who use Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes often lose weight as a secondary benefit, even though it's not approved for this use.
It's also approved to help reduce the risk of major cardiovascular (heart) events such as a heart attack, stroke or death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with known heart disease.
It may also be prescribed to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease) and death due to cardiovascular (heart) disease in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.
Ozempic
Ozempic is approved to treat type 2 diabetes to help you manage your blood sugar control. It helps prevent large blood sugar spikes, and you may feel less hungry when you do not have wide swings in your blood sugar.
Studies have found that people who use Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes often lose weight as a secondary benefit, even though it's not approved for this use.
It's also approved to help reduce the risk of major cardiovascular (heart) events such as a heart attack, stroke or death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with known heart disease.
It may also be prescribed to reduce the risk of kidney disease worsening, kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease) and death due to cardiovascular (heart) disease in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.