The weight-loss drugs that have become so popular in recent years actually began as diabetes medications, and a new study shows that they continue to provide strong protection against that chronic disease.
Eli Lilly, the makers of tirzepatide—which they sell as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss—announced recently that in its longest study yet on tirzepatide, the drug reduced the risk of people with prediabetes moving on to develop diabetes by 94% compared to those taking a placebo.