PodcastRx with Chris Bender - January 2026

Topic

News

Hailing the arrival of oral semaglutide for weight loss and other GLP-1 developments.

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With the approval of oral Wegovy making headlines in the new year, it was timely to catch up with Chris on this and many other exciting developments in the realm of GLP-1s. In our main discussion, Chris talks about the immediate impact of oral Wegovy and some small but important differences from its injectable predecessors. He also gets into the application of GLP-1s outside of weight loss, the promise of new agents currently in development, the impact of GLP-1s in corrections healthcare and addresses growing concerns over safety, side-effects, and availability.

For Into the Clinic, Chris shares some important updates involving gonorrhea treatments, functional seizure guidelines, ADA diabetes guidelines, and the GOLD COPD guidelines.

And in our Trivia Capsule segment, we look back at some spectacular failures in the history of weight loss medications and why these drugs did not live up to the weight of expectations.

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Into the Clinic

Second Oral Antibiotic for Gonorrhea Gets FDA Green Light

Novel Oral Antobiotic Matches Standard Option for Urogenital Gonorrhea

FDA Approves New Type of Antibiotic for Gonorrhea, First in Decades

Main Discussion

Oral Semaglutide at a Dose of 25 mg in Adults with Overweight or Obesity

Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity

Novel GLP-1-Based Medications for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

Cardiovascular Effects and Tolerability of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 99,599 Patients

FDA Requests Removal of Suicide Warning on GLP-1s

Trivia Capsule

2,4-Dinitrophenol

Post-marketing withdrawal of anti-obesity medicinal products because of adverse drug reactions: a systematic review

Cetilistat

Evidence from clinical studies of leptin: current and future clinical applications in humans

Obetrol

Music in this episode:

The Retro Synth by Art Haiz

Vitals & Headlines (Suno AI)

Breezy Thoughts (Suno AI)

Trivia Time Ticker (Suno AI)