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Weight-Loss Drugs Are Redrawing the Map of Sleep Medicine
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are reshaping sleep medicine, with clinicians reporting improved sleep apnea symptoms in patients losing significant weight and drugmakers seeking apnea indications. Sleep specialists are debating whether medication could reduce reliance on CPAP machines, while researchers caution that long-term effects on sleep disorders remain largely unstudied.
Why now: Growing use of GLP-1 drugs and new research linking them to sleep apnea improvement have put the topic at the center of medical debate.
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- Weight-Loss Drugs Are Redrawing the Map of Sleep Medicine · bioengineer.org
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