By Gina Kolata The blockbuster drug semaglutide, sold as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for weight loss, now has a new proven benefit: It markedly soothed knee pain in people who are obese and ...
The STEP 9 trial, which involved persons with obesity and moderate-to-severe pain due to knee osteoarthritis, showed that semaglutide was superior to placebo in reducing pain related to knee ...
knee osteoarthritis-related pain, and improved physical function. Topline results were announced from a phase 3 clinical trial evaluating subcutaneous semaglutide in patients with obesity and knee ...