Are You in the Know about GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Diabetes and Weight Loss?
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Which drugs are mentioned in the text as being part of our public lexicon?

  • Pharmacology, diabetes, and weight loss
  • Fen-phen, Viagra, and Botox
  • Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro (correct)
  • GLP-1 receptor agonists, Novo Nordisk, and Mounjaro
  • What are GLP-1 receptor agonists created to help with?

  • Pharmacology and weight loss
  • Diabetes and weight loss
  • Type 2 diabetes and clinical obesity (correct)
  • Shame, stigma, status, and bias
  • What is the social problem mentioned in the text that one miracle drug cannot fix?

  • Untangling the coded language of shame, stigma, status, and bias around fatness (correct)
  • Figuring out how to rid the United States of obesity
  • Creating a new language of pharmacology, diabetes, and weight loss
  • Making the pricey fix affordable
  • Which pharmaceutical company is flagged as a contender for most valuable company in E?

    <p>Novo Nordisk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which drugs had hype cycles that were not as explosive as Ozempic according to the text?

    <p>Fen-phen, Viagra, and Botox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in treating Type 2 diabetes and clinical obesity?

    <p>They are created to help the hundreds of millions of people with Type 2 diabetes and clinical obesity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the social problem associated with the coded language around fatness and the use of wonder drugs like Ozempic?

    <p>Shame, stigma, status, and bias around fatness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Danish pharmaceutical company manufactures Ozempic and Wegovy?

    <p>Novo Nordisk.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which drugs were compared to Ozempic in terms of their hype cycles in the text?

    <p>Fen-phen in the 1990s, Viagra, and Botox in the 2000s.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main challenge in making drugs like Ozempic affordable and accessible in the United States?

    <p>The expensive cost of these drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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