Maine Doctor Reacts to New GLP-1 Pill by Wegovy

Maine doctor reacts to new GLP-1 pill by Wegovy

Portland, Maine weight loss doctor reacts to the new Wegovy GLP-1 pill

America Has a New GLP-1 Playbook

By most measures, the new GLP-1 pills are underwhelming. Earlier this month, the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly debuted a weight-loss tablet that is far less effective than its popular injectable counterpart, Zepbound. Oral Wegovy, which hit the market in December, can hold its own with the shot version—but it has to be taken on an empty stomach with fewer than four ounces of water. And both pills come with many of the same side effects as the s…