GLP-1 weight loss medications linked to significant drop in asthma flares

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260515/Study-Links-Use-Of-New-Obesity-Drugs-To-Reduction-Of-Asthma-Exacerbations-And-Inhaler-Use.aspx New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows the use of the new GLP-1 class of obesity drugs in people with asthma is associated with a 26 % fall in the number of asthma exacerbations and a 14 % drop in use of asthma inhaler reliever use. The study is by Simon Høj and Dr Kjell Erik Julius Håkansson, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.