{"id":609749,"date":"2026-09-24T01:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609749\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:06:31","slug":"glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-still-approved-by-wada-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609749\/","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Still Approved by WADA for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Anti-Doping Agency\u2019s (WADA\u2019s) Executive Committee met last week in Belgrade, Serbia. During the meeting, those in attendance approved the 2027 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, among other items.<\/p>\n<p>While the 2027 list won\u2019t be published until October, they did confirm that GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide will not be banned in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/olipop.pxf.io\/c\/3593557\/3952850\/12980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"696\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790211991_685_olipop_banner.png\" alt=\"Olipop\" title=\"Olipop\"\/><\/a>      <\/p>\n<p>However, WADA did indicate that they will remain in the Monitoring Program while the agency conducts additional scientific studies to determine their impact on athletic performance.<\/p>\n<p>Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was added to WADA\u2019s monitoring list back in 2024. Tirzepatide, the ingredient in Mounjaro, was added this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want to see is whether some of the pharmacological impact on human physiology that has been observed in obese patients would also occur in non-obese, highly trained people,\u201d said Olivier Rabin, WADA\u2019s senior director for science and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Rabin added that the agency wants to see if any potential benefits are offset by side effects like fatigue, nausea or loss of muscle mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Anti-Doping Agency\u2019s (WADA\u2019s) Executive Committee met last week in Belgrade, Serbia. During the meeting, those in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-609749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}