Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Weight loss medications like Ozempic can have various effects on patients with eating disorders.While these drugs may reduce binge eating in some cases, they can also intensify food avoidance and obsession with weight loss.

Wegovy and Ozempic are both semaglutide weight loss medications, but they’re prescribed differently based on who qualifies. Compare side effects here.

In the first head-to-head trial of its kind, people with obesity who took tirzepatide (sold under the brand names Mounjaro and Zepbound) lost more weight and inches from their waist than those who took semaglutide (Ozempic,