GLP-1 medication and weight loss

A new study found 2 in 3 people who took GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic to lose weight quit within one year. People with Type 2 diabetes are more likely to continue using the medication.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee speaks during a hearing of Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen on U.S. prices for the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Shoppers enter the Costco Wholesale membership warehouse club store at One Daytona in Daytona Beach on Saturday, July 19, 2025. The retailer's pharmacy now sells discounted prescription weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.

Following the birth of Serena Williams' second daughter in 2023 and as part of her partnership with the telehealth company Ro (of which her husband, Alexis Ohanian, is an investor, and she’s a paid spokesperson), in 2024 Williams began taking the injectable GLP-1 weight-loss medication Zepbound. She's since lost 31 pounds.