(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Tirzepatide (Zepbound) improved symptoms of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in people with obesity, regardless of positive airway pressure (PAP) use, the phase III SURMOUNT OSA trials found.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly is hoping tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound for diabetes and weight loss, will become the first drug approved to treat sleep apnea, which it says affects some 80 million Americans, many of whom go undiagnosed…
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new study finds the popular obesity drug Zepbound may help treat sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder in which people struggle to breathe during sleep. The research found that people who took tirzepatide…
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and international collaborators have led a worldwide, advanced study demonstrating the potential of tirzepatide, known to manage type 2 diabetes, as the first effective…
Eli Lilly on Friday said it applied for U.S. approval of its weight loss drug Zepbound for the treatment of the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and expects regulators to make a decision as early as the end of the year.