A cohort study of over 18 000 overweight or obese people prescribed tirzepatide or semaglutide for type 2 diabetes in the US compared weight loss over a one year period between the two drugs. By now, it's no longer surprising that people taking either drug lost weight: 81.8% of those taking tirzepatide and 66.5% of those taking semaglutide achieved at least 5% weight loss, with weight loss being consistently higher with tirzepatide than semaglutide. More surprising is that over half of the people in each group stopped treatment before the end of the one year follow-up period.
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