{"id":810650,"date":"2026-08-12T01:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/810650\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T01:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:18:12","slug":"type-2-diabetes-glp-1-mounjaro-may-lower-heart-attack-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/810650\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Diabetes: GLP-1 Mounjaro May Lower Heart Attack Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTirzepatide does not currently have FDA approval for cardiac risk reduction, and thus, coverage and usage are limited to patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/team\/dr-david-rhee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"content-link css-kxhged\">David Rhee<\/a>, MD, board certified cardiologist with Manhattan Cardiology in NYC, who wasn\u2019t involved in the study. <\/p>\n<p>Mounjaro is currently only <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.lilly.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/fda-approves-lillys-mounjarotm-tirzepatide-injection-first-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"content-link css-kxhged\">approved<\/a> for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/buy-zepbound-online\" class=\"content-link css-kxhged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zepbound<\/a> has the same active ingredient, tirzepatide, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-new-medication-chronic-weight-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"content-link css-kxhged\">approved<\/a> for weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about GLP-1 medications and how they may help improve your health, speak with a healthcare professional. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTirzepatide does not currently have FDA approval for cardiac risk reduction, and thus, coverage and usage are limited&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":["post-810650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810650","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=810650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}