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iScience 16 , 326339 (2019)

Implications for clinical practice The increasing prescription rates of AOM semaglutide among adolescent may reflect a shift towards pharmacological interventions in managing pediatric obesity

Drummond RF, Seif KE, Reece EA

Fernando Ovalle Jr., a plastic surgeon and obesity medicine specialist

Ozempic is the only FDA-approved oral peptide GLP-1 medication for adults with type 2 diabetes indicated not only to improve blood sugar, along with diet and exercise, but also to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events (MACE) such as heart attack, stroke or death in those who are also at high risk for these events

It is processed from proglucagon in a cell-specific post-translational processing (Mojsov et al 1986