Jul 12, 2024
Tracking Ozempic’s Nausea Side Effect to Specific Neurons May Lead to Better Drugs
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, food, neuroscience
The neurons that produce a sick feeling and food aversion are distinct from those that induce a feeling of fullness.
By Mariana Lenharo & Nature magazine
Next-generation anti-obesity drugs such as Wegovy can melt away weight — but they can also cause intolerable nausea. Now scientists have pinpointed a brain pathway that is involved in this common side effect, raising the prospect of effective weight-loss drugs that don’t make people sick1.