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Miracle diabetes jab Ozempic has been hailed as 'a paradigm shift' in the battle against deadly heart failure.
A trial has found that patients given semaglutide – the active ingredient in Ozempic – were half as likely to suffer severe symptoms of the condition, including breathlessness and fatigue.
Heart failure is an incurable long-term condition that causes the heart to stop pumping effectively.
It affects about one million Britons which often leaves them housebound and needing regular hospital treatment – and one in five patients do not survive longer than a year from diagnosis.
Semaglutide was originally developed as a diabetes treatment, but in recent years has become one of the world's most in-demand weight-loss drugs after it was shown to dramatically suppress appetite, with a host of celebrities, including Elon Musk and Boris Johnson, admitting to taking it in a bid to slim down.
Elon Musk (pictured) admitted to taking the medication in a bid to slim down
A trial has found that patients given semaglutide – the active ingredient in Ozempic – were half as likely to suffer severe symptoms of the condition, including breathlessness and fatigue
The breakthrough in its use as a treatment for heart failure was announced at the American College of Cardiology conference in Atlanta yesterday.
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