I'm Joe Graydon. And I'm Terry Graydon. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.

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Hypertension is often called the silent killer, but osteoporosis might be considered a silent and deadly disorder.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.

If an older person breaks a hip, the consequences can be disastrous.

They often lose mobility and they may even die.

The focus for osteoporosis is usually on older women, but we should remember that men can

also lose bone and become vulnerable.

There are drugs that hurt bone health as well as help build it back.

What about supplements or exercise?

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, the science of strong bones, lifestyle, medication,

and movement. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,

Samaglutide has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years.

If you don't recognize this generic drug name, you probably do recognize the brand names.

Ozempic for type 2 diabetes and Wigovi for weight loss.

Both these medications are self-administered injections, but not everyone is enthusiastic about needles.

There's also an oral form of somaglutide called ribelsis.

The FDA has approved it for treating type 2 diabetes six years ago, and so far it has

mostly gone under the radar.

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated that oral

samaglutide at 25 milligrams a day helped people without diabetes lose significantly more weight than placebo.

The randomized trial included more than 300 volunteers and lasted approximately a year and a half.

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