{"id":553402,"date":"2026-03-30T02:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553402\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:18:16","slug":"weight-loss-drugs-are-now-being-called-heart-medicines-are-you-the-right-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553402\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight-loss drugs are now being called heart medicines. Are you the right patient?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129880455.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After glucose control and weight loss, GLP-1 drugs are now emerging as potential heart medicines with recent global trials showing they can lower chances of heart attacks and strokes in high-risk patients. In India, where diabetes, obesity, and premature heart disease frequently overlap, cardiologists are increasingly discussing these drugs with patients. Dr Aftab Khan , consultant cardiologist at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, Kolkata, tells Umesh Isalkar which patients should consider these drugs first, and why they can complement but not replace proven therapies and lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After glucose control and weight loss, GLP-1 drugs are now emerging as potential heart medicines with recent global&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[245991,245997,245992,38153,245996,97,245994,245993,245989,245995,245990],"class_list":{"0":"post-553402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-diabetes-and-heart-disease","9":"tag-diabetes-obesity-heart-link","10":"tag-glp-1-cardiovascular-risk","11":"tag-glp-1-drugs","12":"tag-glp-1-india-patients","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-heart-attack-prevention-drugs","15":"tag-obesity-treatment-india","16":"tag-semaglutide-benefits","17":"tag-tirzepatide-uses","18":"tag-weight-loss-drugs-heart-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}