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Weight-loss treatment is on the verge of a dramatic shift – again

About 400,000 Americans started using the FDA-approved Wegovy pill within 10 weeks, while new oral and injectable weight-loss drugs showing greater efficacy are nearing approval.

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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — At the end of a seemingly ubiquitous commercial for telehealth company Ro, a characteristically flabbergasted Charles Barkley speaks for us all when he remarks, “Wait, you’re telling me they have a GLP-1 pill for weight loss now?” They do – and it turns out to be as wildly popular as its injectable predecessors. Just about 10 weeks after it was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, the Wegovy pill is now es…

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Weight-loss treatment is on the verge of a dramatic shift – again

About 10 weeks after it was approved, the Wegovy pill is now estimated to be part of the daily regimen of about 400,000 Americans. And the field of weight-loss treatment is on the verge of even more head-spinning change.

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KWWL broke the news in Waterloo, United States on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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