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Popular weight-loss drugs shouldn't carry suicide warnings, FDA says

Weight Loss Drugs Suicide - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Federal regulators on Tuesday told drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to remove label warnings about potential suicidal thoughts and behaviors from their blockbuster weight-loss medications.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a comprehensive review “found no increased” risk related to suicide among users of the GLP-1 drugs for obesity, including Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Saxenda and Eli Lilly's Zepbound.

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