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  • Is There a Risk for Semaglu...
    Chiappini, Stefania; Vickers-Smith, Rachel; Harris, Daniel; Papanti Pelletier, G Duccio; Corkery, John Martin; Guirguis, Amira; Martinotti, Giovanni; Sensi, Stefano L; Schifano, Fabrizio

    Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 07/2023, Letnik: 16, Številka: 7
    Journal Article

    Recent media reports commented about a possible issue of the misuse of antidiabetics related to molecules promoted as a weight-loss treatment in non-obese people. We evaluated here available pharmacovigilance misuse/abuse signals related to , a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, in comparison to other GLP-1 receptor agonists ( , , , , , and ) and the - combination. To acheieve that aim, we analyzed the Food and Drug Administration's FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) dataset, performing a descriptive analysis of adverse event reports (AERs) and calculating related pharmacovigilance measures, including the reporting odds ratio (ROR) and the proportional reporting ratio (PRR). During January 2018-December 2022, a total of 31,542 AERs involving the selected molecules were submitted to FAERS; most involved dulaglutide (n = 11,858; 37.6%) and semaglutide (n = 8249; 26.1%). In comparing semaglutide vs. the remaining molecules, the respective PRR values of the AERs 'drug abuse', 'drug withdrawal syndrome', 'prescription drug used without a prescription', and 'intentional product use issue' were 4.05, 4.05, 3.60, and 1.80 (all < 0.01). The same comparisons of semaglutide vs. the phentermine-topiramate combination were not associated with any significant differences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study documenting the misuse/abuse potential of semaglutide in comparison with other GLP1 analogues and the phentermine-topiramate combination. The current findings will need to be confirmed by further empirical investigations to fully understand the safety profile of those molecules.